Manual:Pywikibot/movepages.py

The movepages.py script is used to move pages.

Command	Meaning
`-from` and `-to`	The page to move from and the page to move to.
`-noredirect`	Leave no redirect behind.
`-prefix`	Move pages by adding a namespace prefix to the names of the pages. (Will remove the old namespace prefix if any). Argument can also be given as `"-prefix:namespace:"`.
`-notalkpage`	Do not move page's talk page (if it exists).
`-always`	Don't prompt to make changes, just do them.
`-skipredirects`	Skip redirect pages (Warning: increases server load)
`-summary`	Prompt for a custom summary, bypassing the predefined message texts. Argument can also be given as `"-summary:XYZ"`.
`-pairsfile`	Read pairs of file names from a file. The file must be in a format: [[frompage]] [[topage]] [[frompage]] [[topage]] Argument can also be given as `"-pairsfile:filename"`

Example[edit]

Copy the list of the current pages, for example with Special:PrefixIndex.
Convert it in ASCII, for instance with this JavaScript tool.
Paste it in the first column of a spreadsheet (eg: OpenOffice Calc).
Create the second column with the same number of lines, with some characters which won't be present neither in the old pages names nor in the new (eg: "string to replace after by \n").
Paste your new pages names (converted in ASCII) into the third column.
Copy the three columns into a file (eg: called "articles_pairs.txt").
Search and replace with your text editor (eg: Notepad++), the second column content by the carriage return (\n) (Tip: In notepad++ which trying to replace with \n enable the option regex in the replace dialogue box).
Launching: python movepages.py -lang:fr -family:wikibooks -pairsfile:"articles_pairs.txt" -noredirect will produce the wanted result.