KRename is a

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software that can be used for renaming multiple files and directories at one time. Many Linux distributions that use Plasma as the default desktop environment include the KRename software.

Features

* Rename both files and directories * Rename all files in a directory recursively * Ignore hidden files when renaming * Case change: to UPPERCASE, to lowercase or Only The First Letter * Add prefix or postfix to filenames * Search and replace parts of filenames (

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s are supported) * Add ordered numbers to filenames (start, steps, skips definable) * Change owner and permission of files * Change access and modification date & time of files * Deliver the renamed files to newly created directories. (files per directory, numbering format of directories definable) * Extract

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info from MP3/ogg files * Extract

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info from image files * Add the current date and time to a filename * Change file extensions * Undo renaming * Manual renaming of desired files *

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integration * Use

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scripting *

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External links

The KRename KDE Userbase Wiki

The source-code via SourceForge (old)

The source-code via GitLab (current)

The Official KDE informational page

References

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