I want to connect to my server via ssh on my phone, then rename a bunch of files with a batch rename function. Are there any open source file managers that do that?
I checked Ghost Commander but didn’t look like there is a batch rename function, neither for Material Files. Unless I miss something.
I dont think so (would like to know ad well if there is something).
But I have used termux to login and batch rename stuff from command line.
If you’re asking for an android file manager app with a gui that will connect to sshfs, solid explorer does what you need but it isn’t foss.
Yeah my hope was some FOSS software does it but seems like no luck. I found several others that do this but not FOSS as you said. Thanks though.
Ghost Commander does have batch rename. You need to select multiple files and tap F2 Rename. Dunno how to use it, but it’s there.
Thats what I thought, but I tried before posting. It seems to only offer renaming the one you select.
Select multiple files first. If you have one selected, there’s a rename dialog, with multiple there’s a regex multi rename dialog.
Huh, I tested a few things and you are right. However, it only works with files on my local phone storage. If you connect via ssh to another machine remotely, you cannot batch rename files. It just shows the normal rename. Weird.
Right, I guess that tends to be the case with file managers if you try to use these features on something else than regular local files.
Material Files on F-Droid supports SFTP
- install termux
- once installed do in,
termux-setup-storage && apt update && apt upgrade --yes && apt install openssh
- enjoy 😀
