Rename files in bulk

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I want to do something from “tinfoil hat” (in fact no, i just almost got caught on copying files because of the file name (please, do not ask why i need to hide this)).

Does anyone know how to make all selected files (preferably only pics, vids and docs) automatically clean all metadata and rename to something random like 0000-aaaaa-bbbb-cccccc-1111.png?

I know about Metadata cleaner with gui, I use it. But I’m interested in quick renaming of selected files in the directory. Preferably also by keyboard shortcut.

Can anyone help with this?

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If you use KDE, you can do this with krename

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i=0; for f in *.png; do new_name=$(printf "%04d.png" "$i"); mv "$f" "$new_name"; ((i++)); done

if you want to remove the meta try ffmpeg with for loop and -map_metadata -1

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