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Basically, I sort my movies (via hardlinking) into various other folders after the initial rename. I just use the GUI with xattr and manually do one after another each format. I was wondering if there is a simpler way to hardlink a file multiple times, with different formats, without dragging it into the GUI every time.

✭ See Presets.

You could also make your format smarter. If you have some rules for your different folders (e.g. old movies folder, action movies folder, jackie chan movies folder, etc) then you can express all that in a single format that knows what to put where.

However, processing the same files multiple times is still slightly awkward because you'll still need to select one Preset after another even if the Preset auto-loads files. Since your files are xattr tagged I'd recommend the command-line tools because complete non-interactive automation is easy once files are tagged.