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bulk file renaming utility
// rename.js --- bulk file renaming utility (like *nix rename.pl)
// (c) Copyright 2012, Ji Han (hanji <at> outlook <dot> com)
// you are free to distribute it under the BSD license.
if (!Array.prototype.map) Array.prototype.map = function (f, t){
var o = Object(this);
var r = new Array(o.length >>> 0);
for (var i = 0; i < r.length; ++i){ if (i in o) r[i] = f.call(t, o[i], i, o) }
return r;
};
if (!Array.prototype.filter) Array.prototype.filter = function (f, t){
var o = Object(this);
var N = o.length >>> 0;
var r = [];
for (var i = 0; i < N; ++i){
if (i in o){
var v = o[i];
if (f.call(t, v, i, o)) r.push(v);
}
}
return r;
};
if (!String.prototype.reverse) String.prototype.reverse = function (){
return this.split('').reverse().join('');
};
/// main
(function (){
if (WScript.Arguments.Length == 0){
WScript.Echo('rename "<operator>/<pattern>/<string>/[<modifiers>]" [-f] [-r] [-d <maxdepth>] [<files>]');
WScript.Quit(1);
}
var fso = new ActiveXObject('Scripting.FileSystemObject');
// folder is a Folder object [e.g. from fso.GetFolder()]
// fn is a function which operates on File/Folder object
var recurseFolder = function (folder, fn, depth, maxdepth){
if (folder.Files){
for (var e = new Enumerator(folder.Files); !e.atEnd(); e.moveNext()){
fn(e.item())
}
}
if (folder.Subfolders){
for (var e = new Enumerator(folder.SubFolders); !e.atEnd(); e.moveNext()){
fn(e.item());
if (depth < maxdepth){ arguments.callee(e.item(), fn, depth + 1, maxdepth) }
}
}
}
// expand wildcards (asterisk [*] and question mark [?]) recursively
// given path may be relative, and may contain environment variables.
// but wildcards only work for the filename part of a path.
// return an array of full paths of matched files.
// {{{
var expandWildcardsRecursively = function (n, md){
var pattern = fso.GetFileName(n);
// escape regex metacharacters (except \, /, * and ?)
// \ and / wouldn't appear in filename
// * and ? are treated as wildcards
pattern = pattern.replace(/([\[\](){}^$.+|-])/g, '\\$1').
replace(/\*/g, '.*'). // * matches zero or more characters
replace(/\?/g, '.'). // ? matches one character
replace(/^(.*)$/, '\^$1\$'); // matches the whole filename
var re = new RegExp(pattern, 'i'); // case insensitive
var folder = fso.GetFolder(fso.GetParentFolderName(fso.GetAbsolutePathName(n)));
var l = [];
recurseFolder(folder, function (i){ if (i.Name.match(re)) l.push(i.Path) }, 0, md);
return l;
}
// }}}
// parse "<operator>/<pattern>/<string>/[<modifiers>]"
// return an array splitted at unescaped forward slashes
// {{{
var parseExpr = function (s){
return s.reverse(). // reverse the string
split(/\/(\\\\)*(?!\\)/). // split at unescaped forward slashes
filter(function(x){return x}). // filter out 'undefined'
map(function(x){return x.reverse()}). // reverse each element
reverse(); // reverse array
}
// }}}
var expr = WScript.Arguments(0) + 'i';
var args = [];
var options = {};
for (var i = 1; i < WScript.Arguments.Length; ++i){
if (WScript.Arguments(i).substring(0, 1) != '-'){
args.push(WScript.Arguments(i));
} else if (WScript.Arguments(i) == '-f'){
options['fullpath'] = true;
} else if (WScript.Arguments(i) == '-r'){
options['recursive'] = true;
} else if (WScript.Arguments(i) == '-d'){
options['maxdepth'] = WScript.Arguments(++i);
} else if (WScript.Arguments(i) == '--'){
continue;
} else {
WScript.Echo('invalid option \'' + WScript.Arguments(i) +'\'');
WScript.Quit(1);
}
}
if (options['maxdepth']){
var md = options['maxdepth'];
} else if (options['recursive']){
var md = 1<<31>>>0;
} else {
var md = 0;
}
var tokens = parseExpr(expr);
if (tokens.length != 4){
WScript.Echo('error parsing expression \'' + expr + '\'.');
WScript.Quit(1);
}
if (tokens[0] != 's'){
WScript.Echo('<operator> must be s.');
WScript.Quit(1);
}
var pattern = tokens[1];
var substr = tokens[2];
var modifiers = tokens[3];
var re = new RegExp(pattern, modifiers);
for (var i = 0; i < args.length; ++i){
var l = expandWildcardsRecursively(args[i], md);
for (var j = 0; j < l.length; ++j){
var original = l[j];
if (options['fullpath']){
var nouveau = original.replace(re, substr);
} else {
var nouveau = fso.GetParentFolderName(original) + '\\' + fso.GetFileName(original).replace(re, substr);
}
if (nouveau != original){
(fso.FileExists(original) && fso.GetFile(original) || fso.GetFolder(original)).Move(nouveau)
}
}
}
})();
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