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Re:Vifm: A Vim-like file manager by sbergjohansen on Saturday August 06, 2022 @04:22PM (#32371258)
vifm allows you to rename multiple files in bulk by opening a temporary file containing one filename per line in actual vim.

Edit: apparently ranger has this feature, too.

Re:Vifm: A Vim-like file manager by dddnzzz334 on Saturday August 06, 2022 @06:13PM (#32372054)
`vidir` in moreutils [1] does exactly this.

[1]: https://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/