运行代码在这里。

private static void renameFile(File fileName) {

    FileOutputStream fileOutputStream =null;

    BufferedReader br = null;
    FileReader fr = null;

    String newFileName = "yourNewFileName"

    try {
        fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(newFileName);

        fr = new FileReader(fileName);
        br = new BufferedReader(fr);

        String sCurrentLine;

        while ((sCurrentLine = br.readLine()) != null) {
            fileOutputStream.write(("\n"+sCurrentLine).getBytes());
        }

        fileOutputStream.flush();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
        try {
            fileOutputStream.close();
            if (br != null)
                br.close();

            if (fr != null)
                fr.close();
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

对于Java 1.6及以下版本，我相信最安全、最干净的API是Guava的Files.move。

例子:

File newFile = new File(oldFile.getParent(), "new-file-name.txt");
Files.move(oldFile.toPath(), newFile.toPath());

第一行确保新文件的位置是相同的目录，即旧文件的父目录。

编辑: 我是在开始使用Java 7之前写的这篇文章，Java 7引入了非常类似的方法。所以如果你正在使用Java 7+，你应该看到并投票kr37的答案。

运行代码在这里。

private static void renameFile(File fileName) {

    FileOutputStream fileOutputStream =null;

    BufferedReader br = null;
    FileReader fr = null;

    String newFileName = "yourNewFileName"

    try {
        fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(newFileName);

        fr = new FileReader(fileName);
        br = new BufferedReader(fr);

        String sCurrentLine;

        while ((sCurrentLine = br.readLine()) != null) {
            fileOutputStream.write(("\n"+sCurrentLine).getBytes());
        }

        fileOutputStream.flush();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
        try {
            fileOutputStream.close();
            if (br != null)
                br.close();

            if (fr != null)
                fr.close();
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

摘自http://exampledepot.8waytrips.com/egs/java.io/RenameFile.html

// File (or directory) with old name
File file = new File("oldname");

// File (or directory) with new name
File file2 = new File("newname");

if (file2.exists())
   throw new java.io.IOException("file exists");

// Rename file (or directory)
boolean success = file.renameTo(file2);

if (!success) {
   // File was not successfully renamed
}

添加到新文件:

java.io.FileWriter out= new java.io.FileWriter(file2, true /*append=yes*/);

通过将文件移动到新名称来重命名文件。(FileUtils来自Apache Commons IO lib)

  String newFilePath = oldFile.getAbsolutePath().replace(oldFile.getName(), "") + newName;
  File newFile = new File(newFilePath);

  try {
    FileUtils.moveFile(oldFile, newFile);
  } catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
  }

Files.move(file.toPath(), fileNew.toPath()); 

工作，但只有当你关闭(或自动关闭)所有使用的资源(InputStream, FileOutputStream等)，我认为文件的情况相同。renameTo或FileUtils.moveFile。