Editing every file in a directory after opening it bash - linux

Question

Looking around I didn't see exactly what I was looking for. Some similar stuff, but for some reason what I tried so far hasn't worked.
My main goals:
run script in my current directory
open the picture to see what it is
rename the picture i just viewed
repeat the process without running the script again
These were the sources I attempted to follow:
Bash Shell Loop Over Set of Files
Bash loop through directory and rename every file
How to do something to every file in a directory using bash?
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echo "Rename pictures. Path"
read path
for f in $path
do
eog $path
echo "new name"
read newname
mv $path $newname
cat $f
done

Answer 1

You should pass the script an argument rather than trying to make it interactive. You also have numerous quoting problems. Try something like this instead (untested):
#!/usr/bin/env bash
moveFile() {
local newName=
until [[ $newName ]]; do
printf '%s ' 'new name:'
read -er newName # -e implies Bash with readline
echo
done
mv -i "$1" "${1%/*}/${newName}"
}
if [[ ! -d $1 ]]; then
echo 'Must specify a path' >&2
exit 1
fi
for f in "$1"/*; do
eog "$f"
moveFile "$f"
done

Answer 2

You might want to try something like this:
for f in $*; do
eog $f
echo "new name:"
read newname
mv $f $newname
done
If you name the script, say, rename.sh, you can call
./rename.sh *gif
to review all files with extention 'gif'.

Answer 3

Using find command allows you to search for image files in the specified directory recursively.
echo -n "Rename pictures. Input image directory: "
read path
for f in `find $path -type f`
do
eog $f
echo -n "Enter new name: "
read newname
mv $f $newname
echo "Renamed $f to $newname."
done