You may not have heard about this app before, but if you have been in need of a Linux application to automate renaming multiple files at once then read on.
Métamorphose is an advanced open source and cross-platform graphical batch file renaming program for files and folders. It ships with a variety of renaming options including saving renaming option settings for future use, previewing changes before applying them, e.t.c.
Features in Metamorhpose 2
- Free to download and open source with source code on GitHub
- Batch rename files and folders.
- Save renaming settings for later use.
- Apply renaming operations (modification, replacement or insertion) to the prefix or suffix, by character, position and more.
- Support for custom numbering, image text, and audio metadata, date and time.
- Support for sequential numbering with custom step size, starting number and reset count.
- Support for regular expressions.
For a feature like sequential numbering, the included options are integers, alphabetical or Roman numerals.
There are pre-complied packages available to download for Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Suse, etc.
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Using Métamorphose can be quite overwhelming especially Linux users who aren’t comfortable using the Terminal.
Usage via Terminal
These are the command line options:
-h, --help Show help screen and exit.
-t, --timer Show time taken to complete operations.
-d, --debug Show debugging information.
-p=, --path Specify a directory to load.
-c=, --config Specify a configuration file to load.
-a=, --auto Specify automatic mode level to use with configuration file:
0 = do not preview items
1 = auto preview items
2 = auto rename items
3 = auto rename items and exit on success
-l=, --language Override preferred language:
en_US
fr
es
-w=, --wxversion Specify wxPython Version - use at your own risk!
Do you have suggestions for other cool batch file renaming applications? Your suggestions and comments are welcome in the comments section.
Ive been using Metamorphose for many months now. its awesome and simple.
You get to use regular expressions if you want. a file tree easily select directories, very straight forward.
a few issues here and there but overall its great
Yup. I looked it KRename and I think it’s actually better because it’s more stable and supports more functions.
I have been using KRename for years now, and have been doing so much to my satisfaction.
After comparing Metamorphose’s featureset to that of KRename, I see no added value of Metamorphose over KRename.