# Gr\_modtool rename option

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gr-modtool-rename-option/233740>\
**Category:** GNU Radio\
**Created:** [January 7, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gr-modtool-rename-option/233740 "2015-01-07T14:32:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gr-modtool-rename-option/233740/1 "2015-01-07T14:32:40Z")

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Hey list,

I missed an option to rename a block I once created via modtool. Thus  
I coded it. You can find it on github [1]. It is supposed to go  
through all the created files and change all the old name occurrences  
to the new one. Also, it renames the files that where created, updates  
CMakeLists files, swig file, etc. This should be a big aid when it  
comes to block renaming.  
If you included a block in another one, or did some inheritance thing  
with a ‘noblock’, you still have to update that by hand.

I hope it’ll help you.

Cheers  
Johannes

[1] [https://github.com/jdemel/gnuradio/tree/modtool/rename](https://github.com/jdemel/gnuradio/tree/modtool/rename)  
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**Author:** ![jdejong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@jdejong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jdejong)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gr-modtool-rename-option/233740/2 "2015-01-07T15:51:05Z")

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On 01/07/2015 01:17 PM, Johannes D. wrote:

> I missed an option to rename a block I once created via modtool. Thus  
> I coded it. You can find it on github [1]. It is supposed to go

Which, everyone, is the correct response to a problem such as this.

> through all the created files and change all the old name occurrences  
> to the new one. Also, it renames the files that where created, updates  
> CMakeLists files, swig file, etc. This should be a big aid when it  
> comes to block renaming.  
> If you included a block in another one, or did some inheritance thing  
> with a ‘noblock’, you still have to update that by hand.
> 
> I hope it’ll help you.

Could you please squash those 3 commits into one and remove the  
superfluous print statements, and then submit a pull request? That would  
be most awesome,

M