creating an alias that calls simple renaming

[Anzumana]

renamer --regex --find '(^..).*' --replace '$1.tex' * 

is the expression that i want to use. but for the life of me i can't figure out how i would have to create this as an alias/ bash / zsh script.

alias renamer_help="renamer --help" 

works but when i do thse same with the expression above. my shell i telling me that

.zshrc:119: renamer --regex --find '(^..).*' --replace '$1.tex' * not found

I basically spend the last couple of hours trying different escape sequence but nothing worked :/

[75lb]

this worked for me, first create the alias for the command and the default options:

$ alias ren="renamer --regex --find \(^..\).* --replace $1.tex"

then run it passing in the files, or glob expression

$ ren * 

[Anzumana]

issue was that i wanted to do cd path/to/file and then the expression so i would not be able to pass * since the expression would be something along those lings

(cd path/to/file; renamer --regex --find '(^..).*' --replace '$1.tex' *;)

i managed finally to do it using a node script ( wanted to use that anyway :P )

var fs = require('fs');
var exec = require('child_process').execSync;                                                                                                                         
console.log('file will be renamed for easier referencing inside of latex'); 
exec("(cd ~/Dropbox/projects/seminar/draft/Inhalt/scrivener/copy/; renamer --regex --find '(^..).*' --replace '$1.tex' *)", {stdio:[0,1,2]}) ;         

my latex workflow is now 1 command yay ^^ thanks for the great utility. Have a good one

[75lb]

ok, glad you found a solution.. or you could use a simple bash function

function doRename {
  cd somewhere
  renamer --find this --replace that *
}