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dv (Directory View) is a visual directory management tool: it lists a directory and lets you rename, delete and change permissions of many entries at once using regular expressions.

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Warning dv renames and deletes files. Use at your own risk.

Installation

$ git clone https://github.com/hugoocoto/dv
$ cd dv
$ make
$ make install    # optional, to ~/.local/bin

It is also available through the pm user repository.

Commands

Patterns are POSIX basic regular expressions. Commands can be written in lowercase too.

Command Description
PATTERN Highlight entries matching the pattern
S/PATTERN/TEXT Replace the pattern with TEXT in matching names
I/PATTERN/TEXT Insert TEXT at the start of matching names
A/PATTERN/TEXT Append TEXT to matching names
CD/PATTERN Change to the first matching directory
RM/PATTERN Delete every matching entry
PROT/PATTERN/MODE Change permissions (octal, as in chmod)
CLEAR Clear the screen
Enter Show every entry in the current directory

See also