Renaming a file or directory while using in the terminal is pretty easy and simple. Simply use the “mv” command adding the original file or directory followed by a space then the new name.
mv /home/user/oldname /home/user/newname
Some people might not know this, but xfce4-terminal can be launched in a quake style drop-down mode. Here's the command.
xfce4-terminal —drop-down
You can easily make it more accessible by binding the above command to a keyboard shortcut.
Open “xfce4-setting-manager” from your menu or application finder....
Click on the Keyboard icon under Hardware section....
Under the application shortcuts tab, click on the add button and type the command above into the provided box....
Now you’re able to press a keyboard shortcut to launch a drop-down Xfce4 terminal. You can click on the button at the bottom right of the terminal window to open the preferences dialog and edit various things.