I have many PDF files that I need to rename based on their visual content. Is there a PDF file viewer that will allow me to rename the file from within the viewer without having to go back to the file manager / command line?
I'm not looking for a "Save As" feature as that will result in an additional deletion step.
This functionality is available in tools like nomacs and geeqie but unfortunately they don't support PDF files.
Zathura can run external commands, so you can rename files using it. Open a file, then in Zathura, do:
:exec mv % foo.pdf
(The syntax is somewhat like Vim - : to start command mode, % stands for the filename, but that's about it.) But it doesn't pick up that the open file has been moved, so you're left with a blank window after moving. You can open the new PDF file likewise:
:open bar.pdf
It's available for installation in the official repos:
sudo apt install zathura
