#mmv, mcp — mapped file moves and -copies

The mmv and mcp utilities is a command-line tool to help you easily and safely perform complex file copies, -moves, and -renamings. Unlike almost all file renaming tools I have seen online, these utilities do not limit you to using specific built-in functions which offer only part of the functionality one might need. These utilities also try to be as safe as possible — you would be amazed at how many file renaming tools lose your data when you try something as simple as swapping two files.

#Installation

Installation is very easy. This is written in Rust, so it’s assumed you have cargo installed on your system.

$ make
$ sudo make install

The following environment variables can also be set at compile-time to modify the names of the generated binaries:

• $MMV_NAME
  • The name of the file-moving binary (default is mmv). This is also used to name the backups folder in $XDG_CACHE_HOME.
• $MCP_NAME
  • The name of the file-copying binary (default is mcp).

If you are compiling with a custom binary name, you want to make sure that the environment variables actually get used when performing a make install. If you’re using sudo, you want to do this with the -E flag.

$ MMV_NAME=mmv-rs MCP_NAME=mcp-rs make
$ MMV_NAME=mmv-rs MCP_NAME=mcp-rs sudo -E make install

#Examples and Documentation

To avoid repeating myself everywhere, if you would like to see usage examples and documentation I highly suggest reading the included manual page or reading the extended documentation on my website.

#Contributions

Contributions, feedback, and suggestions are always welcome! You are free to open GitHub issues, email me, or do whatever else you want. I do ask however that contributions be made either on sourcehut or via git send-email to ~mango/public-inbox@lists.sr.ht. The git repositories on GitHub and my own personal site exist purely as read-only mirrors.