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Old 11-24-2007   #1 (permalink)
remind


 
 

Renaming many files at once but with different names

Hi all,
I know one can select within Win Explorer and highlight a bunch of files and
rename them all, so files called Project T Yellow Int 01, Project T Yellow
int 02, become Project T Yellow (1) Project T Yellow (02) etc.
But does anyone know if there is a program that would do the following.
e.g
Have 60 digital audio files, named
Project T Yellow 01
Project T Yellow 02
Project T Yellow 03, and so on up to Int 60.

I want to be able to change the Yellow to another word.
So I end up with 60 files looking like this

Project T Barry Int 01
Project T Barry Int 02
Project T Barry Int 03
and so on
Does this make sense?

Thanks in advance
Phil
ps you can email me if you wish at phillip(nospam)@pmassociates.com.au
Just remove (nospam)

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Old 11-24-2007   #2 (permalink)
Dave T.


 
 

Re: Renaming many files at once but with different names

remind wrote:
Quote:

> Hi all,
> I know one can select within Win Explorer and highlight a bunch of files and
> rename them all, so files called Project T Yellow Int 01, Project T Yellow
> int 02, become Project T Yellow (1) Project T Yellow (02) etc.
> But does anyone know if there is a program that would do the following.
> e.g
> Have 60 digital audio files, named
> Project T Yellow 01
> Project T Yellow 02
> Project T Yellow 03, and so on up to Int 60.
>
> I want to be able to change the Yellow to another word.
> So I end up with 60 files looking like this
>
> Project T Barry Int 01
> Project T Barry Int 02
> Project T Barry Int 03
> and so on
> Does this make sense?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Phil
> ps you can email me if you wish at phillip(nospam)@pmassociates.com.au
> Just remove (nospam)
If I understand your question correctly...

Highlight all the files in question, right click, click rename, and
rename to Project T Barry Int. All the files will be then named Project
T Barry Int (01), Project T Barry Int (02), etc.

--
Dave T.

I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.
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Old 11-25-2007   #3 (permalink)
remind


 
 

Re: Renaming many files at once but with different names



"Dave T." wrote:
Quote:

> remind wrote:
Quote:

> > Hi all,
> > I know one can select within Win Explorer and highlight a bunch of files and
> > rename them all, so files called Project T Yellow Int 01, Project T Yellow
> > int 02, become Project T Yellow (1) Project T Yellow (02) etc.
> > But does anyone know if there is a program that would do the following.
> > e.g
> > Have 60 digital audio files, named
> > Project T Yellow 01
> > Project T Yellow 02
> > Project T Yellow 03, and so on up to Int 60.
> >
> > I want to be able to change the Yellow to another word.
> > So I end up with 60 files looking like this
> >
> > Project T Barry Int 01
> > Project T Barry Int 02
> > Project T Barry Int 03
> > and so on
> > Does this make sense?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Phil
> > ps you can email me if you wish at phillip(nospam)@pmassociates.com.au
> > Just remove (nospam)
>
> If I understand your question correctly...
>
> Highlight all the files in question, right click, click rename, and
> rename to Project T Barry Int. All the files will be then named Project
> T Barry Int (01), Project T Barry Int (02), etc.
>
> --
> Dave T.
>
> I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.
>
Hi Dave, yes except for the Brackets ( ) although they are not a problem if
they remain.
What I do I upload the files in compressed folders to a FTP site for our
typists to type them up and for privacy issues I call them by a job colour
rather a job name.
Now when I send them to client burnt to a CD, I need to rename the files
from the colour to the actual Project name. So the client knows which project
they are from.

Thanks
Phil

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Old 11-25-2007   #4 (permalink)
Dave T.


 
 

Re: Renaming many files at once but with different names

remind wrote:
Quote:

> Hi Dave, yes except for the Brackets ( ) although they are not a problem if
> they remain.
> What I do I upload the files in compressed folders to a FTP site for our
> typists to type them up and for privacy issues I call them by a job colour
> rather a job name.
> Now when I send them to client burnt to a CD, I need to rename the files
> from the colour to the actual Project name. So the client knows which project
> they are from.
>
> Thanks
> Phil
>
Yeah, I understand what you mean. I think the brackets are a default
thing, and the files are all treated as a group, as though they were in
their own folder.
I hope this works for ya.
--
Dave T.

I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 11-25-2007   #5 (permalink)
remind


 
 

Re: Renaming many files at once but with different names



"Dave T." wrote:
Quote:

> remind wrote:
>
Quote:

> > Hi Dave, yes except for the Brackets ( ) although they are not a problem if
> > they remain.
> > What I do I upload the files in compressed folders to a FTP site for our
> > typists to type them up and for privacy issues I call them by a job colour
> > rather a job name.
> > Now when I send them to client burnt to a CD, I need to rename the files
> > from the colour to the actual Project name. So the client knows which project
> > they are from.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Phil
> >
>
> Yeah, I understand what you mean. I think the brackets are a default
> thing, and the files are all treated as a group, as though they were in
> their own folder.
> I hope this works for ya.
> --
> Dave T.
>
> I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.
>
Hi Dave, all that does is rename one file,
I highlighted all the files I wanted to rename, right click with mouse and
it only started to rename one file.
This is within Windows Exlpoer.
What I need is a seperate prgram to rename all highlight files and to tell
program what part of name of files I wish to rename.
Is a batch program something that does this, although I know little about
them.
Thanks
Phil
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Old 11-25-2007   #6 (permalink)
Donald Lessau


 
 

Re: Renaming many files at once but with different names

"remind" <remind@xxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:15AC4C70-58A5-412E-8FC0-A1418C1EA92A@xxxxxx
Quote:

> What I need is a seperate prgram to rename all highlight files and to tell
> program what part of name of files I wish to rename.
>
A separate program that can do this is XYplorer file manager, which has a
suite of easy to use bulk rename operations, one of them being "Search &
Replace". You would simply select the files to rename, open "Rename Special
| Search & Replace", and enter the pattern "Yellow/T Barry Int" to achieve
what you need.

Here's a screenshot of the rename preview:
http://www.xyplorer.com/product.htm#rename

Don

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Old 02-05-2008   #7 (permalink)
RegB


 
 

Re: Renaming many files at once but with different names

REmind, I'm sure you resolved this by now, but your steps should've worked
earlier. I would try it on another pc or multiple times to ensure you were
doing it correctly...it would indicate some underlying problem, or setting if
it didn't work.
I use that function often and there's no need for extra software.

Reg

"Donald Lessau" wrote:
Quote:

> "remind" <remind@xxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:15AC4C70-58A5-412E-8FC0-A1418C1EA92A@xxxxxx
Quote:

> > What I need is a seperate prgram to rename all highlight files and to tell
> > program what part of name of files I wish to rename.
> >
>
> A separate program that can do this is XYplorer file manager, which has a
> suite of easy to use bulk rename operations, one of them being "Search &
> Replace". You would simply select the files to rename, open "Rename Special
> | Search & Replace", and enter the pattern "Yellow/T Barry Int" to achieve
> what you need.
>
> Here's a screenshot of the rename preview:
> http://www.xyplorer.com/product.htm#rename
>
> Don
>
>
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