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type="topic" style="task"
id="files-rename">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="files"/>
<desc>Change file or folder name.</desc>
<revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-20" status="review"/>
<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>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
<title>Rename a file or folder</title>
<p>As with other file managers, you can use the GNOME file manager 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>.</p></item>
</steps>
<p>You can also rename a file from the
<link xref="nautilus-file-properties-basic">properties</link> window.</p>
<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 "."). The extension
normally denotes what type of file it is (e.g. <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 <guiseq><gui>Edit
</gui><gui> Undo</gui> </guiseq> 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 <key>/</key> (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: <key>|</key>, <key>\</key>,
<key>?</key>, <key>*</key>, <key><</key>, <key>"</key>, <key>:</key>,
<key>></key>, <key>/</key>.</p>
<note style="warning">
<p> If you name a file with a <key>.</key> 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 can't 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 (e.g., <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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