Renaming the current file in Vim

Question

How should I rename my current file in Vim?

For example:

• I am editing person.html_erb_spec.rb
• I would like it renamed to person

Answer 1

There's a sightly larger plugin called vim-eunuch by Tim Pope that includes a rename function as well as some other goodies (delete, find, save all, chmod, sudo edit, ...).

To rename a file in vim-eunuch:

:Move filename.ext

Compared to rename.vim:

:rename[!] filename.ext

Saves a few keystrokes :)