Alternatives to RnR
A command-line tool that batch renames files and directories using regular expressions. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
RnR
A command-line tool that batch renames files and directories using regular expressions.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as RnR.
F2
A cross-platform command-line tool for batch renaming files and directories, with dry runs and undo.
F2 also defaults to dry runs with undo and conflict detection, and adds EXIF and ID3 metadata in new file names, under the MIT license.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
sad
A command-line batch search and replace tool that shows a diff before changes are applied.
fastmod
A fast command-line tool for interactive regex search and replace across a large codebase.
sd
Replace text with a focused command-line tool.
fd
Finds files by name without the argument soup that find requires, and it is much faster.
fclones
A command-line tool that finds groups of identical files and removes the copies you no longer need.
