basher
A package manager for shell scripts. (by basherpm)
vimv
Batch-rename files using Vim (by thameera)
| basher | vimv | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 17 | |
| 1,215 | 668 | |
| 2.0% | 0.6% | |
| 4.6 | 3.8 | |
| over 1 year ago | 7 days ago | |
| Shell | Shell | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
basher
Posts with mentions or reviews of basher.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-27.
vimv
Posts with mentions or reviews of vimv.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-07-13.
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Show HN: VS Code extension to edit the filesystem like a text buffer
See vimv (https://github.com/thameera/vimv) for a minimal version of this in the CLI, using Vim as the editor.
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How do I index files using bulk rename and vim?
I do not know ranger, but I personally use vimv
- What is the name of program ? I used it months ago, I want to use again, but I can not remember the name !
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Rnr: CLI tool to batch rename files and directories
There are a lot of tools dedicated to this. My past favourite is vimv [1].
However, for me this operation is so rare that having a separate command just for mass-renaming files does not seem to be justified.
[1]: https://github.com/thameera/vimv
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vimv has not only changed my workflow, it changed my life
Just use vidir. Also see here: https://github.com/thameera/vimv/issues/3
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mmv-c: quickly rename files and dirs with your favorite text editor
… also of vimv.
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Ranger file manager over ssh
I use vimv in lf for bulk renames. https://github.com/thameera/vimv
- How would you bulk rename files in vim?
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Virm - A bulk-remover that uses nvim (or any CLI text editor) to delete files and directories. Inspired by vimv.
It's inspired by vimv which is a bulk-rename utility that uses vim.
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Tell ONE terminal app you use everyday but no one seems know about the app
I find myself using vimv quite a lot as I need to rename files on regular basis. It's a bulk renamer that uses vim. I also just created a similar tool for bulk removing files virm. The motivation was that one time when I opened vimv and deleted a line and expected it to delete that file xD.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing basher and vimv you can also consider the following projects:
bpkg - Lightweight bash package manager
gcalcli - Google Calendar Command Line Interface
argbash - Bash argument parsing code generator
go-chromecast - cli for Google Chromecast, Home devices and Cast Groups
awesome-bash - A curated list of delightful Bash scripts and resources.
edir - Program to rename, remove, and copy files and directories using your editor