/rclone_convmv

title: "rclone convmv"
description: "Convert file and directory names in place."
versionIntroduced: v1.70
# autogenerated - DO NOT EDIT, instead edit the source code in cmd/convmv/ and as part of making a release run "make commanddocs"

> **Official documentation:** [https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_convmv/](https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_convmv/)

rclone convmv

Convert file and directory names in place.

Synopsis

convmv supports advanced path name transformations for converting and renaming files and directories by applying prefixes, suffixes, and other alterations.

| Command | Description | |------|------| | `--name-transform prefix=XXXX` | Prepends XXXX to the file name. | | `--name-transform suffix=XXXX` | Appends XXXX to the file name after the extension. | | `--name-transform suffix_keep_extension=XXXX` | Appends XXXX to the file name while preserving the original file extension. | | `--name-transform trimprefix=XXXX` | Removes XXXX if it appears at the start of the file name. | | `--name-transform trimsuffix=XXXX` | Removes XXXX if it appears at the end of the file name. | | `--name-transform regex=pattern/replacement` | Applies a regex-based transformation. | | `--name-transform replace=old:new` | Replaces occurrences of old with new in the file name. | | `--name-transform date={YYYYMMDD}` | Appends or prefixes the specified date format. | | `--name-transform truncate=N` | Truncates the file name to a maximum of N characters. | | `--name-transform truncate_keep_extension=N` | Truncates the file name to a maximum of N characters while preserving the original file extension. | | `--name-transform truncate_bytes=N` | Truncates the file name to a maximum of N bytes (not characters). | | `--name-transform truncate_bytes_keep_extension=N` | Truncates the file name to a maximum of N bytes (not characters) while preserving the original file extension. | | `--name-transform base64encode` | Encodes the file name in Base64. | | `--name-transform base64decode` | Decodes a Base64-encoded file name. | | `--name-transform encoder=ENCODING` | Converts the file name to the specified encoding (e.g., ISO-8859-1, Windows-1252, Macintosh). | | `--name-transform decoder=ENCODING` | Decodes the file name from the specified encoding. | | `--name-transform charmap=MAP` | Applies a character mapping transformation. | | `--name-transform lowercase` | Converts the file name to lowercase. | | `--name-transform uppercase` | Converts the file name to UPPERCASE. | | `--name-transform titlecase` | Converts the file name to Title Case. | | `--name-transform ascii` | Strips non-ASCII characters. | | `--name-transform url` | URL-encodes the file name. | | `--name-transform nfc` | Converts the file name to NFC Unicode normalization form. | | `--name-transform nfd` | Converts the file name to NFD Unicode normalization form. | | `--name-transform nfkc` | Converts the file name to NFKC Unicode normalization form. | | `--name-transform nfkd` | Converts the file name to NFKD Unicode normalization form. | | `--name-transform command=/path/to/my/programfile names.` | Executes an external program to transform. |

Conversion modes:

none
nfc
nfd
nfkc
nfkd
replace
prefix
suffix
suffix_keep_extension
trimprefix
trimsuffix
index
date
truncate
truncate_keep_extension
truncate_bytes
truncate_bytes_keep_extension
base64encode
base64decode
encoder
decoder
ISO-8859-1
Windows-1252
Macintosh
charmap
lowercase
uppercase
titlecase
ascii
url
regex
command

Char maps:

IBM-Code-Page-037
IBM-Code-Page-437
IBM-Code-Page-850
IBM-Code-Page-852
IBM-Code-Page-855
Windows-Code-Page-858
IBM-Code-Page-860
IBM-Code-Page-862
IBM-Code-Page-863
IBM-Code-Page-865
IBM-Code-Page-866
IBM-Code-Page-1047
IBM-Code-Page-1140
ISO-8859-1
ISO-8859-2
ISO-8859-3
ISO-8859-4
ISO-8859-5
ISO-8859-6
ISO-8859-7
ISO-8859-8
ISO-8859-9
ISO-8859-10
ISO-8859-13
ISO-8859-14
ISO-8859-15
ISO-8859-16
KOI8-R
KOI8-U
Macintosh
Macintosh-Cyrillic
Windows-874
Windows-1250
Windows-1251
Windows-1252
Windows-1253
Windows-1254
Windows-1255
Windows-1256
Windows-1257
Windows-1258
X-User-Defined

Encoding masks:

Asterisk
BackQuote
BackSlash
Colon
CrLf
Ctl
Del
Dollar
Dot
DoubleQuote
Exclamation
Hash
InvalidUtf8
LeftCrLfHtVt
LeftPeriod
LeftSpace
LeftTilde
LtGt
None
Percent
Pipe
Question
Raw
RightCrLfHtVt
RightPeriod
RightSpace
Semicolon
SingleQuote
Slash
SquareBracket

Examples:

rclone convmv "stories/The Quick Brown Fox!.txt" --name-transform "all,uppercase"
// Output: STORIES/THE QUICK BROWN FOX!.TXT

rclone convmv "stories/The Quick Brown Fox!.txt" --name-transform "all,replace=Fox:Turtle" --name-transform "all,replace=Quick:Slow"
// Output: stories/The Slow Brown Turtle!.txt

rclone convmv "stories/The Quick Brown Fox!.txt" --name-transform "all,base64encode"
// Output: c3Rvcmllcw==/VGhlIFF1aWNrIEJyb3duIEZveCEudHh0

rclone convmv "c3Rvcmllcw==/VGhlIFF1aWNrIEJyb3duIEZveCEudHh0" --name-transform "all,base64decode"
// Output: stories/The Quick Brown Fox!.txt

rclone convmv "stories/The Quick Brown 🦊 Fox Went to the Café!.txt" --name-transform "all,nfc"
// Output: stories/The Quick Brown 🦊 Fox Went to the Café!.txt

rclone convmv "stories/The Quick Brown 🦊 Fox Went to the Café!.txt" --name-transform "all,nfd"
// Output: stories/The Quick Brown 🦊 Fox Went to the Café!.txt

rclone convmv "stories/The Quick Brown 🦊 Fox!.txt" --name-transform "all,ascii"
// Output: stories/The Quick Brown  Fox!.txt

rclone convmv "stories/The Quick Brown Fox!.txt" --name-transform "all,trimsuffix=.txt"
// Output: stories/The Quick Brown Fox!

rclone convmv "stories/The Quick Brown Fox!.txt" --name-transform "all,prefix=OLD_"
// Output: OLD_stories/OLD_The Quick Brown Fox!.txt

rclone convmv "stories/The Quick Brown 🦊 Fox Went to the Café!.txt" --name-transform "all,charmap=ISO-8859-7"
// Output: stories/T