How to rename multiple files like in Windows

Question

I have a directory of songs all of which are from the same singer. I want to rename all the files in the directory as:

SingerName(1)
SingerName(2)
SingerName(3)
...

Just like we could do in Windows by selecting files and pressing F2 or clicking on rename in the right-click menu for the selected files.

But this does not seem to work in Ubuntu 12.04! How can I rename a group of files?

specifically for this case you could use something like `n=0; for f in *; do printf -v new "SingerName(%01d$((++n)))"; echo mv -v -- "$f" "$new"; done` (remove `echo` after testing) — Zanna, Sep 26 '17 at 13:17

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 21 '15 at 08:51

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answered Jan 21 '15 at 08:51

Trafegon

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 21 '15 at 09:41

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It always been a good practice to do task using Terminal.
Link to your answer : How to Bulk Rename Files in Linux (Terminal or GUI)

OR you can give a shot to any GUI app. You can find many.

answered Jan 21 '15 at 09:41

Novice

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 22 '15 at 03:37

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In a word, GPrename.

No rename app works better than it, at least for me. Its got GUI that's simple to use.

answered Jan 22 '15 at 03:37

KhoPhi

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