Metamorphose Is Great Mass File And Folder Renamer For Linux, Mac OS X And Windows

Metamorphose is a free, open source program to mass rename files and folders for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

The application has many great features such as using photo EXIF data or mp3 ID3 tags for renaming, undo renaming operation in case of mistakes, preview every item to be renamed before applying changes and of course basic features like adding a prefix, suffix, etc to files, mass replace, insert or modify, length modification and so on. Basically most of the option can also be found in pyRename, but I find Metamorphose easier to use (and Metamorphose working on Windows and Mac OS X is another difference).

A full list of features can be found @ Metamorphose homepage.

Metamorphose mass rename download and installation

Ubuntu users will be glad to know that Metamorphose comes with an Ubuntu PPA. Because I have way to many PPAs I simply downloaded the .deb file but if you want to add the PPA, you can find it here: Karmic | Jaunty.

Metamorphose comes with two versions: stable (metamorphose1) and beta (metamorphose2) so install the one you feel most comfortable with. I got an error when installing the beta (.desktop file error) but it worked anyway and Metamorphose is still accessible under Applications > Accessories.


For your convenience, here are direct .deb download links:

Ubuntu Jaunty: stable | beta

Ubuntu Karmic: stable | beta

For other Linux distributions, Mac OS X and Windows, see the Metamorphose download page.

pyRenamer: Easy Mass File Renaming in Linux (Gnome)

pyRenamer is a Gnome application which allows you to rename large numbers of files according to some patterns you choose. The renaming takes place really fast, and before the actual renaming, a "preview" step takes place where you can see if the operation is correct.

For users not very familiar with the command line, pyRenamer can be a real savior when it comes to mass file rename.

pyRenamer features:

• patterns to rename files.
• search & replace to rename files.
• common substitutions.
• manually rename selected files.
• rename images using their metadata.
• rename music using its metadata.

Here is pyRenamer in action (a video I've just recorded) - an easy music file mass renaming operation, based on the mp3 id3tags (metadata):

Installation

Most Linux distributions should have pyRenamer in their repositories. Ubuntu users can run this command to install pyRenamer:

sudo apt-get install pyrenamer

Additionally, there are .deb and source packages available at pyRenamer download page.

[via genbeta]

Nautilus Mass Rename Script

Renamer is a small python script for batch renaming files in nautilus, which comes with a GUI.

Dependencies: pyGTK python-notify.

To install Renamer for Nautilus, download the script, then extract the archive and run the install.sh file:

install.sh