bulk_rename

#!/usr/bin/python
import os
import subprocess
import sys
import tempfile

paths = [line.strip() for line in sys.stdin]
with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(prefix='bulk-rename-', suffix='.txt', mode='wt') as tmp:
    for p in paths:
        print(p, file=tmp)
    tmp.flush()

    subprocess.check_call([os.environ.get('EDITOR', 'vim'), tmp.name])

    with open(tmp.name) as fin:
        new_paths = [line.strip() for line in fin]

    assert len(paths) == len(new_paths)

for p, np in zip(paths, new_paths):
    if p != np:
        os.rename(p, np)