rename-flac(1)

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version 2.4.1 · 5 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 rename-flac(1) — like, the whole entire manual 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to rename-flac, a little CLI from the General Commands Manual section that is genuinely about to change your music folder's whole life. no cap. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

rename-flac — a CLI tool that renames your FLAC files. that's it, that's the vibe. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

rename-flac <scheme> <directory> [--verbose] [--sanitize-slash [CHAR]]
rename-flac (-h | --help)
rename-flac --version

three whole moods, pick your fighter 🫶

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the tea: rename-flac is a command-line tool that grabs the info straight out of your FLAC metadata and batch-renames your files according to a filenaming scheme you pick. like, every single file, all at once, no clicking. it's giving main character energy for your music library. 🌸

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • <scheme> — the filenaming scheme, aka the glow-up blueprint for your filenames 📝
  • <directory> — the path to the directory holding the album, aka where the files are hiding 🙈

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -h, --help — shows the help screen. your little map. 🗺️
  • --sanitize-slash [CHAR] — replaces / in metadata with a filesystem-safe character. defaults to "∕" (Division Slash U+2215). lowkey a lifesaver because slashes in filenames are not the moment. 💀
  • --version — outputs version information. receipts, basically. 🧾
  • --verbose — runs the program in verbose mode. it will yap. you will love it. 🗣️

and these are the options you can use to define the filenaming scheme, aka the secret sauce 👑:

  • %a — Artist
  • %b — Album
  • %c — Composer
  • %d — Date
  • %g — Genre
  • %n — Tracknumber
  • %t — Title

✨ EXAMPLES ✨

okay watch this:

$ rename-flac "%n - %t" "/home/user/Music/The Beatles"
--sanitize-slash

ate. no crumbs. 🔥

✨ BUGS ✨

found a bug? 😭 bestie, please report it to your distribution's bug tracker, or upstream at <https://gitlab.com/baldurmen/rename-flac/issues>. we're not gatekeeping fixes. 🫶

✨ AUTHOR ✨

Louis-Philippe Véronneau — the icon, the legend, the one who wrote this. 👑

okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 this beauty is from the 2026 era of rename-flac(1) and yeah it's a whole vibe. go rename something. periodt. 💖✨

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