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Idea #1388: Mass renaming for Nautilus

Written by pi314 the 29 Feb 08 at 13:28. Related project: Nautilus. Status: New
Rationale
Nautilus should be one of the greatest file managers, and one of the tasks it should be able to do is mass renaming.
Thus, it wouldn't be necessary to install external programs and change from one to another to manage your files.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #1388
Written by pi314 the 29 Feb 08 at 13:28.
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Solution #2: (workaround) use the Nautilus script »Renamer«
Written by inquata the 2 Jun 10 at 07:41.
While this is not implemented, the Nautilus script »Renamer« is a nice workaround to have something for batch renaming directly in Nautilus:
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Renamer?content=87601

Sadly, that still does not make batch renaming as easy as in Windows.
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Solution #3: Use the same tool and method to invoke it as in Thunar
Written by Lain_13 the 31 Jul 10 at 06:52.
There was idea in comments about it. So, here is solution to use it. This tool as powerful as GPrename but simpler and cleaner. In thunar you need to select few files and press F2 (rename from menu) to invoke it.

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guepe wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 19:49
A nautilus-script has been written here : http://jrfonseca.blogspot.com/2006/05/mass-renaming-in-nautilus.html
Check it ! I don't know the quality of this implementation, but this is a starting point for a better implementation.

ryanhaigh wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 03:21
I would like this option to be available by default. However I currently use pyrenamer and would probably not go back to normal rename after using it. Whats more you can right click on any folder go to properties > open with and add pyrenamer to the available applications.

wolfier wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 04:20
Usually I'd use the command line to accomplish this, but voted up nonetheless...it's the tiny details like this that distinguishes between a polished distro and a crude one.

gabtrat wrote on the 7 Mar 08 at 04:58
I agree this would be handy; I use this in Windows all the time. Select files - rename the first - all following files are renamed the same followed by a number: (1),(2),(3)...

FreeAtMind wrote on the 10 Mar 08 at 14:56
This is really a lack feature...

LaMeR wrote on the 10 Jun 08 at 15:13
I also think this idea needs to be implemented by default, because odrinary users need such details out of the box and not wasting time searching for some script or use command line to acomplish it. After all Ubuntu aims to be a linux for human beings...

Fevrin wrote on the 25 Jul 08 at 02:08
There are several nautilus extensions that could be useful by default; however, to keep the context menu uncluttered, all of the options available should be made visible/invisible via a simple checkbox interface in Edit > Preferences.

r0g wrote on the 12 Sep 08 at 02:23
I'd like this... In many cases a system's file manager is it's main interface to the world and, good though nautilus is (it tempted me avay from explorer.exe!) it's not quite there yet.

lutimdale wrote on the 4 Dec 08 at 02:54
I use "Better file rename" in windows. It is indispensable. You can look to it for some pointers on how to do this right.

TWO wrote on the 17 Dec 08 at 16:07
This is a long overdue feature. It beggars belief that it hasn't been implemented already...


oneawesomeguy wrote on the 18 Dec 08 at 20:59
I have been wanting this for years. Great idea!

Crusaders12 wrote on the 2 Jan 09 at 21:38
Very good idea

HDave wrote on the 11 Jan 09 at 15:22
Adobe Lightroom has one of the best file renaming dialogs I've ever seen. Even if you leave out using EXIF tags in the file name, it still beats anything out there.

ThomasNovin wrote on the 3 Feb 09 at 17:57
Xfce's Thunar has a very nice rename feature.

http://thunar.xfce.org/index.html

KM05 wrote on the 9 Apr 09 at 13:41
It be nice to get "mass selection" done right as well.

ie: Ctrl + Clicking files then selecting more with Shift + Click


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