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| | 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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| | 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) 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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| | 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. > 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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| | 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 > 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. |
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| | 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. > 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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| | 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. > 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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| | 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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