Quick and dirty script to run in a folder of files you want to rename

rename-files-in-a-folder.sh

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# [Spotify Adds Songwriter and Producer Credits](https://pitchfork.com/news/spotify-adds-songwriter-and-producer-credits)

# I've always wished iTunes did this -- _or do they?_ -- they must have this information.

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# @Edit: 2018-02-02-spotify-adds-creds.md
# okay let's rename this to 2018-02-02-spotify-adds-creds.md
# 2018-02-02-spotify-adds-creds.md



#! /bin/bash

for file in *; do
  echo
  printf '%*s\n' "${COLUMNS:-$(tput cols)}" '' | tr ' ' -
  echo
  echo "This file is called ${file}"
  echo
  printf '%*s\n' "${COLUMNS:-$(tput cols)}" '' | tr ' ' ↓
  echo
  cat ${file}
  echo
  printf '%*s\n' "${COLUMNS:-$(tput cols)}" '' | tr ' ' ↑
  echo
  read -e -p "Edit: " -i "${file}" fileNewName
  echo "okay let's rename this to ${fileNewName}"
  mv ${file} done/${fileNewName}
  stat -f ${fileNewName}
  echo
done