GPRename

GPRename is a computer program for renaming multiple files and directories at one time. GPRename is written in Perl, and runs on any Unix-like operating system.[1][2][3]

GPRename
Stable release
20140325 / March 25, 2014 (2014-03-25)
Written inPerl
Operating systemLinux, BSD and Unix-like operating systems
TypeBatch renaming utility
LicenseGPL-3
Websitegprename.sourceforge.net

Features
  • Rename both files and directories[3][4]
  • Case change: to UPPERCASE, to lowercase or Only The First Letter[3][4]
  • Insert or delete text at a position[3][4]
  • Replace text with the option of case sensitive
  • Search text with the option of regular expression[3][4]
  • Rename with numbers (001.jpg, 002.jpg, 003.jpg...)[3][4]
  • Automatically trim double spaces to one space, also trim leading and/or trailing spaces around the name[3][4]
  • Multilingual : Brazilian Portuguese, English, French, Polish, Spanish[5]

History

At the start of 2007, GPRename has been ported from the deprecated GTK-Perl to the new GTK2-Perl and in mid-2007 the new 2.4 release is now GPL-3.[1]

Reception

Jack Wallen writing in ghacks.net in August 2010 said:

GPRename is an outstanding tool to use in place of writing shell scripts in order to rename multiple files in Linux. You won’t find an easier tool for this task (if you’re not already used to whipping up a shell script).[3]

References
  1. Tristesse (n.d.). "GPRename". Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  2. Georges (May 2007). "Batch Rename (with GPrename)". Archived from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  3. Wallen, Jack (August 2010). "Batch rename in Linux with GPRename". Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  4. Tristesse (n.d.). "GPRename Screen Shots". Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  5. dermarv, tristesse, zurd (2010). "GPRename". Retrieved 1 October 2010.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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