Rename and batch rename

R renames the file (in the tree, the directory) under the cursor: type the new name. A name that already exists is refused.

Batch rename (Ctrl+R or Alt+R)

Renames all the tagged files with a mask, numbered in the order of the list:

• Wildcards: *.jpg (changes the extension), new_*.*, *_old.*, ???.* (keeps that many characters). *.* keeps names as they are; *. removes the extension.
• Search and replace: s/foo/bar/ replaces every foo with bar; s/foo/bar/i ignores case.
• Counters: %d, %02d, %03d, %04d, <#>, <01>, <001>, <0001> number the files (1, 01, 001…): photo_<001>.* gives photo_001.jpg, photo_002.jpg…
• Case: <lower>, <upper>, <title> (also as the name or extension part: *.<lower>), or F2 at the prompt to cycle lowercase, UPPERCASE and Title Case over the result.

If the mask would give two files the same name, nothing is renamed. When a new name belongs to a file that is still to be renamed, Xylem asks before overwriting it, as in Copy and Move.

See also: tags.