---
name: "rename-flac"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rename-flac"
version: "2.3.0-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rename-flac"
---

# rename-flac(1)

CLI tool to rename FLAC files

## NAME

rename-flac - CLI tool to rename FLAC files

## SYNOPSIS

```
rename-flac [--verbose] <scheme> <directory>
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
--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"

## 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