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type="topic" style="task"
id="files-rename">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="files#common-file-tasks"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.5.92" version="0.2" date="2012-09-19" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-22" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-29" status="final"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
<email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
<credit type="author">
<name>Shaun McCance</name>
<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
<credit type="author">
<name>Jim Campbell</name>
<email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Michael Hill</name>
<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>David King</name>
<email>amigadave@amigadave.com</email>
</credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
<desc>Change file or folder name.</desc>
</info>
<title>Rename a file or folder</title>
<p>As with other file managers, you can use <app>Files</app> to change the
name of a file or folder.</p>
<steps>
<title>To rename a file or folder:</title>
<item><p>Right-click on the item and select <gui>Rename</gui>, or select
the file and press <key>F2</key>.</p></item>
<item><p>Type the new name and press <key>Enter</key> or click
<gui>Rename</gui>.</p></item>
</steps>
<p>When you rename a file, only the first part of the name of the file is
selected, not the file extension (the part after the last <file>.</file>).
The extension normally denotes what type of file it is (for example,
<file>file.pdf</file> is a PDF document), and you usually do not want to
change that. If you need to change the extension as well, select the entire
file name and change it.</p>
<note style="tip">
<p>If you renamed the wrong file, or named your file improperly, you can
undo the rename. To revert the action, immediately click the menu button in
the sidebar and select <gui>Undo Rename</gui>, or press
<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Z</key></keyseq>, to restore the former
name.</p>
</note>
<section id="valid-chars">
<title>Valid characters for file names</title>
<p>You can use any character except the <file>/</file> (slash) character in
file names. Some devices, however, use a <em>file system</em> that has more
restrictions on file names. Therefore, it is a best practice to avoid the
following characters in your file names: <file>|</file>, <file>\</file>,
<file>?</file>, <file>*</file>, <file><</file>, <file>"</file>,
<file>:</file>, <file>></file>, <file>/</file>.</p>
<note style="warning">
<p>If you name a file with a <file>.</file> as the first character, the
file will be <link xref="files-hidden">hidden</link> when you attempt to
view it in the file manager.</p>
</note>
</section>
<section id="common-probs">
<title>Common problems</title>
<terms>
<item>
<title>The file name is already in use</title>
<p>You cannot have two files or folders with the same name in the same
folder. If you try to rename a file to a name that already exists in
the folder you are working in, the file manager will not allow it.</p>
<p>File and folder names are case sensitive, so the file name
<file>File.txt</file> is not the same as <file>FILE.txt</file>.
Using different file names like this is allowed, though it is not
recommended.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>The file name is too long</title>
<p>On some file systems, file names can have no more than 255
characters in their names. This 255 character limit includes both the
file name and the path to the file (for example,
<file>/home/wanda/Documents/work/business-proposals/…</file>), so you
should avoid long file and folder names where possible.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>The option to rename is grayed out</title>
<p>If <gui>Rename</gui> is grayed out, you do not have permission to
rename the file. You should use caution with renaming such files, as
renaming some protected files may cause your system to become unstable.
See <link xref="nautilus-file-properties-permissions"/> for more
information.</p>
</item>
</terms>
</section>
</page>
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