| rename-flac(1) | General Commands Manual | rename-flac(1) |
Name¶
rename-flac - CLI tool to rename FLAC files
Synopsis¶
rename-flac <scheme> <directory> [--verbose] [--sanitize-slash [CHAR]] rename-flac (-h | --help) rename-flac --version
Description¶
rename-flac is a command-line tool that takes the information from FLAC metadata to batch rename the files according to a filenaming scheme.
Arguments¶
<scheme> filenaming scheme <directory> path to the directory containing the album
Options¶
-h --help Shows the help screen --sanitize-slash [CHAR] Replace "/" in metadata with a filesystem-safe character. Defaults to "∕" (Division Slash U+2215) --version Outputs version information --verbose Runs the program as verbose mode
These are the options you can use to define the filenaming scheme:
%a - Artist | %b - Album | %c - Composer | %d - Date %g - Genre | %n - Tracknumber | %t - Title
Examples¶
$ rename-flac "%n - %t"
"/home/user/Music/The Beatles" --sanitize-slash
Bugs¶
Bugs can be reported to your distribution's bug tracker or upstream at <https://gitlab.com/baldurmen/rename-flac/issues>.
Author¶
Louis-Philippe Véronneau
| 2026 |