A good compromise to me seems to be using `imv` from the renameutils package whi...

bspammer on April 14, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Renaming files with mv without typing the name two...

A good compromise to me seems to be using `imv` from the renameutils package which is pretty much exactly the same as the OP. That way you don't get confused by different `mv` behaviour on different systems.

Hitting `<Ctrl-a>i` seems to me a small price to pay :)