Sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8 Here's its presentation at the above address: There is another tool mentioned there that seems the most advanced: Metamorphose2 I have found a lot of details on tools already mentioned under this question at, and I have edited the answers mentioning them in order to add such details. The tool can be started separately though, and can even be integrated as a custom menu action in other files managers like Dolphin and Nautilus.Įxample for Dolphin: create the file ~/.local/share/kservices5/sktop with these lines: It cannot be installed separately from Thunar but the latter brings very few specific dependencies and can be installed easily. If you prefer to use a different file manager, you may still use this tool. Some details also here (mentioning other tools too). It has different options of action, which together may come close to those of the Windows tool. Selecting multiple files in Thunar and selecting 'rename' opens the tool, but it can also be started separately. There is the Bulk Rename utility, which is part of Thunar, the default file manager of XFCE desktop environment (the one used by Xubuntu).

Best bulk rename utility