Advance batch filerenamer

Joel · 2023-05-14 02:33:41

Sorry if my question belonngs elsewhere.

I'm looking for a way to rename subtitles files with different names to match their counterpart media file, for example:

tv.show.e01.srt from tv.show.e01.avi

All media files have the same name, for example:

tv.show.e01.avi
tv.show.e02.avi
tv.show.e03.avi
...

But the downloaded subtitles have different names and thunar batch file renamer doesn't have such feature as I want it.
Any ideas?

Trilby · 2023-05-14 02:42:12

What are the "different" names? And what is the logic of how those different names should be matched to the appropriate media file?

Joel · 2023-05-14 03:37:35

Trilby wrote:

What are the "different" names? And what is the logic of how those different names should be matched to the appropriate media file?

I have subtitles names like:

tvshow.e01.by-TM.srt
tv-show.e02.Galaxy.srt
tvshow.e03.someuser.srt

and all media files have this same spec format name:

tv.show.e01.avi
tv.show.e02.avi
tv.show.e03.avi
...

Trilby · 2023-05-14 03:59:45

And ...

Trilby wrote:

And what is the logic of how those different names should be matched to the appropriate media file?

If it is just the number, and the numbers are unique, then the following would do:

#!/bin/sh

for f in *.srt; do
	mv $f tv.show.e$(echo $f | tr -cd '[0-9]').srt
done

But assuming you've not precisely described the goal, you should have backups before you make any attempts.

Last edited by Trilby (2023-05-14 04:01:13)

SimonJ · 2023-05-14 04:58:28

I don't know which DE you use, but Thunar has a bulk rename plugin which does just that.

https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/bulk-renamer/start

Last edited by SimonJ (2023-05-14 04:59:01)

bulletmark · 2023-05-14 11:44:07

Another option is to use edir to bring all the files up within your favorite editor and hand edit and/or globally replace characters to make all the file names consistent. I use vim so using column selection, repeat commands, macros, undo etc I find I can rename many inconsistent files very quickly. Once you can see all the files are named as you want then the changes are not actioned until you quit your editor so it is hard to make a mistake. edir is available in the AUR.

Stefan Husmann · 2023-05-14 11:50:33

emacs has such a feature built in (wdired-change-to-wdired-mode).

seth · 2023-05-14 12:52:17

Stefan Husmann wrote:

emacs has such a feature built in

https://xkcd.com/378/

Joel · 2023-05-14 20:51:11

SimonJ wrote:

I don't know which DE you use, but Thunar has a bulk rename plugin which does just that.
https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/bulk-renamer/start

Yes, I know, but I don't know how to match my intended task, for example:
Before:

tvshow.e01.by-TM.srt
tv-show.e02.Galaxy.srt
tvshow.e03.someuser.srt

After:

tv.show.e01.srt
tv.show.e03.srt
tv.show.e03.srt

seth · 2023-05-14 21:17:08

What's wrong w/ Tilby's script?

If this is bash and you're concerned about digits showing up in other places and ".e[0-9]*." is a solid pattern you can (safely) preview the renaming w/

for name in *.srt; do [[ $name =~ \.e[0-9]*\. ]]; echo "$name => tv.show${BASH_REMATCH}srt"; done

stanczew · 2023-05-14 21:36:43

It depends on how many files you have, and how repeatable are the name patterns; but you're probably looking for a regexp + manual cleanup of stragglers.

For both of those things I'll suggest qmv from the renameutils package. Call it like that:

qmv -f do *.srt

This will open you editor with the list of .srt files in current directory.
You can then change the filenames to desired ones, either manually or using your editor's search and replace functionality.
Once you're done, just save and close the editor, and qmv will rename all the files to what you entered.

As for the patterns: I assume "tv.show" in your examples is just a placeholder, and the files have actual show names there, just with different punctuation.
In such case, you should be able to select all filenames for a specific show, and use a regexp replace from something like

.*(e[0-9]+).*\.srt

to

<name>.\1.srt

where '<name>' is the desired show name.

Joel · 2023-05-15 15:12:55

seth wrote:

What's wrong w/ Tilby's script?
If this is bash and you're concerned about digits showing up in other places and ".e[0-9]*." is a solid pattern you can (safely) preview the renaming w/
for name in *.srt; do [[ $name =~ \.e[0-9]*\. ]]; echo "$name => tv.show${BASH_REMATCH}srt"; done

OK. I'll try it.

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