ff_rename is a very powerful renaming tool that you need, if you need to rename a large number of files.
These are the key features:
- simple / expert mode
- very powerful selecting / unselecting tools
- regular expressions (egrep)
- undo of renaming
- very complex naming rules possible
- saving and loading of rulesBy using complex renaming rules you can
- use EXIF information (SHUTTER value, creating date) for renaming
- uppercase / lowercase filenames
- trim filenames to a certain length (start or middle or end of target area) or by removing spaces or vocals
- rename using current date or a counter
- find and replace strings
- find and replace single chars
- find and replace single chars with index based search
- most tokens can select target area (basename, extension or complete filename