How to bulk convert file names using Node.js
I had the need to convert my folders structure from something like this:
posts/test/index.mdposts/hey-cool-post/index.md
to this:
posts/test.mdposts/hey-cool-post.md
removing the folder that contains an index.md file, and instead have the markdown file itself have the post slug (the part that’s used as the post URL).
I used a Node.js script to do this.
Here it is:
const fs = require('fs')
const glob = require('glob')
const root_folder = '.' //search in the current folder
glob(root_folder + '/**/index.md', (err, files) => {
if (err) {
console.log('Error', err)
} else {
for (const file_path of files) {
const match = file_path.match(/\/(.*?)\//)
const folder_name = match[1]
fs.copyFile(file_path, './' + folder_name + '.md', (err) => {
if (err) {
console.log('Error Found:', err)
} else {
console.log('File moved!')
}
})
}
}
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