This Go program renames all files of specified file type and stores them into a new folder.
To use this program, provide the information to the flag items. The filetype flag is the only required flag, and when an input folder is not specified it looks at the root of the project directory for files of that file type. All other flags are optional.
A list of all the flags and their usage for this project
| Flag | Default Value | Helper Text |
|---|---|---|
filetype |
nil |
[Required] Enter filetype you want to rename, ie .txt |
inputFolder |
"" | Enter the folder of files to rename |
outputFolder |
"output_files" | Enter folder name to store renamed files in |
renameFileAs |
"renamed_file" | What to call the renamed files |
filetype - the program will look for files of this file type
inputFolder - the program will look for files inside this folder. NOTE: folder must be at root of project. If one is not provided then program will look for the files at the root of project
outputFolder - the program will store all renamed files into this folder
renameFileAs - the renamed files will start with this string
Case 1: If you want to rename all .jpg files in a folder called pictures.
In terminal run:
$ go run main.go -filetype=.jpg -inputFolder=pictures
You can use other flags to customize renaming of files, if not they will take the default values, shown in the Flags Table above.
Case 2: If you want to rename all .jpg files in a folder called pictures to something that starts with Vacation_2021_XX and save all the renamed files into a folder called Vacation2021.
In terminal run:
$ go run main.go -filetype=.jpg -inputFolder=pictures -ouputFolder=Vacation2021 -renameFileAs=Vacation_2021
This project has only been tested on a Mac machine.