Bug 460626

Summary: Rename multiple files: offer original name as part of new name
Product: [Applications] dolphin Reporter: Jens <jens-bugs.kde.org>
Component: generalAssignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: normal CC: bugseforuns, kfm-devel
Priority: NOR    
Version: 22.08.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description Jens 2022-10-17 21:14:20 UTC 
SUMMARY: 
Currently if multiple files are selected and F2 is pressed, Dolphin offers to rename all files to the same basename with a number appended to them (denoted as "#").
It would be much more useful if Dolphin would allow keeping the original name of each file as part of the new one, e.g. denoted as "@", so that users can prepend e.g. a date, or append "_backup", to the file's basename.

Similar to mmv:     mmv "*.*" "2022.10.02 #1 backup.#2"
Comment 1 Patrick Silva 2022-10-18 02:24:02 UTC 
Possibly duplicate og bug 450303
Comment 2 Jens 2022-10-18 21:25:32 UTC 
No, 450303 is slightly different. But we can join the two by introducing a third placeholder:

# = number (this already exists)
@ = previous name of each file when several are selected (this would fulfill my user story)
% = name of right-clicked file when several are selected (same for all files, this would be 450303)

We can use different placeholder characters of course.