> > Have a look at renamexm from sys-apps/rename (it's actually called rename > but for Gentoo is was renamed to avoid a collision). It has a lot more > options than rename and defaults to prompting you if you try to rename to > an existing file.
I use vidir from sys-apps/moreutils. All the power of vim (or whatever you set in $VISUAL) and no need to pray that your incantation is correct: you edit the file list as a text, and when you're satisfied, save and exit. -- Emanuele Rusconi
