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Rename All Files

Rename All Files

Rename (Clean) Filenames is a directory based feature that allows you to clean all filenames in a directory and any sub-directories. It is accessed via the icon to the right of the directory name in the File Manager.

Currently this function does 5 things to all files in a directory and any sub-directories.

  1. Removes everything in parentheses with the exception of the 4-digit year (if available)
  2. Removes c2c
  3. Removes anything in brackets [any text removed] - along with the brackets
  4. Removes any text / characters after "filename issue (year)"
  5. Removes any extra spaces before the file extension

The default pattern used for renaming is {Series Name} {Issue Number} ({Year})

You can define custom naming patterns in File Settings.

Issue Number Handling

Improved in v6.0

The rename engine picked up one new setting and several correctness fixes in v6.0.

  • Configurable leading zeros — the Issue Number Leading Zeros setting controls issue-number padding: None (44), 3 (044, the default), or 4 (0044).
  • Decimal & suffix issues preserved — point issues like 001.1 and Marvel tags like 1.MU, .NOW, and .INH keep their suffix through renaming and wanted-matching (previously Avengers 001.1 could become Avengers 001).
  • DC "One Million" issues — #1,000,000 one-shots (e.g. Action Comics 1000000) are preserved and no longer truncated to 1000.

Batched Bulk Renames

Renaming many files at once now runs as a single queued, coalesced background operation instead of one request per file. This is dramatically faster on large batches and doesn't hammer the database — progress shows in the nav operations indicator. This is mainly a performance/UX improvement; the resulting filenames are unchanged.

Oftentimes series archives or torrent files will have numerous naming patterns with information in parenthesis, brackets, before the year, after and all over the place. I continuously update these to handle as many as I encounter.

Renaming Rules

Currently renaming rules are in rename_rules.ini and are priority based

The current set of rules are always available to view in the repository and can be found here