utils

commit 0856ae5ea6315aca07c13c742acc69c31c66601f
parent adfd46f5e98b8f65e16257ac600c994a869768ca
Author: amrfti <andrew@kloet.net>
Date:   Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:43:58 -0500

update readme

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-Tiny programs for Linux which print useful info. Suited for piping into other programs which handle window manager statusbar, like Suckless' DWM.
-Compile with `make`. Install with `make install`.
+This respository contains a rewrite of `vidir` which is a pretty ancient Perl
+program written by Joey Hess (https://joeyh.name/). It allows you to rename
+files within any text editor, very handy for bulk renaming media and similar
+tasks.
+
+It also has some Tiny programs for Linux which print useful info. Suited for
+piping into other programs which handle window manager statusbar, like
+Suckless' DWM. Though you may just be better of using slstatus
+(https://tools.suckless.org/slstatus/) if you don't care for async execution.
 
 ```
 $ ./sb-cpu 
@@ -15,3 +22,5 @@ Jul 10 2025
 $ ./sb-battery 
 Bat: +98%
 ```
+
+Compile with `make`. Install with `make install`.