Rename all files(from different folders) in one buffer?

Question

In folder I have 5 subfolders:

drawable-hdpi\
drawable-mdpi\
drawable-xhdpi\
drawable-xxhdpi\
drawable-xxxhdpi\

In all of this 5 subfolders I have files with same names:

ic_m_brands_gray.png
ic_m_brands_orange.png
ic_m_favourites_gray.png
ic_m_favourites_orange.png
ic_m_home_gray.png

I need to rename all of this files in ALL (five) subfolders.

So I do this by dired mode and package iedit

My steps:

1. Go to folder drawable-hdpi

2. C-x C-q toogle edit mode

3. Go to file with same suffix (gray)

4. Select region then iedit-mode

5. Rename to desire suffix

6. Press C-c C-c

7. Repeat steps 1-6 for another 4 subfolders.

Here example:

OK. It's work. Fine.

But I think it's to slow (too many steps).

Is it possible to show ALL files (from 5 subfolders) in ONE buffer? And then in this ONE buffer rename all files?

It's will be a good solution.

Answer 1

You can use dired-maybe-insert-subdir (by default bound to i in Dired), on each folder, before using steps 2-5 in your question. See Subdirectories in Dired in the manual.

I myself use dired-subtree from MELPA (it is a part of Dired Hacks by Fuco1). You can then use dired-subtree-toggle, which I think is a nicer interface.