Change Filename Code

If you're struggling with files named using special characters like é, è, à, ô, etc., and your system uses utf-8, you may encounter issues. This is particularly true for older files created prior to your utf-8 system or files from Windows, which may be encoded using the iso-XXX character set. In these cases, you'll likely see a square in place of the character, making it difficult to determine which file is which.

Luckily, the Change Filename Code service menu is here to help! This tool is specifically designed to convert your filenames to and from utf-8, allowing you to easily fix any encoding errors you come across. All you need are two requirements: iconv and bash.

To install, simply extract the files and copy the encodeRename.sh bash script to somewhere in your PATH (be sure it's executable!). Then, copy the changeFilenameCode.desktop file to either ~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/ (for a single user) or /usr/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/ (for all users as root). Once copied, edit the changeFilenameCode.desktop file to set up your code.

In this latest release, we've added a French translation and expanded the tool's functionality to work with directories (thanks, bobuse!). Try it out today and simplify your filename encoding issues for good!