In this post, we will see how to rename a file in java. We can use java.io.File ‘s rename(File dest) method to rename a file. rename method returns true if operation is success else returns false. It can use this method to move a file also.
When I ran above program, I got following output:
You should always check if rename operation is successful or not because it does not throw any exception
Java Program:
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package org.arpit.java2blog; import java.io.File; public class RenameFileMain { /* * @Author : Aprit Mandliya */ public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("-----------------"); // Read the file File configFile=new File("/Users/Arpit/Desktop/config.properties"); // destination file object File configFileNew=new File("/Users/Arpit/Desktop/config_new.properties"); boolean remameSuccess=configFile.renameTo(configFileNew); if(remameSuccess) { System.out.println("Rename operation is successful"); } else { System.out.println("Rename operation is unsuccessful"); } System.out.println("-----------------"); } } |
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----------------- Rename operation is successful ----------------- |
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