Questions tagged [batch-rename]

This tag is about the renaming of large batches of files.

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Remove timestamp from filename

I need to rename files generated automatically, truncating a timestamp at the end. Files are named "abcd_efgh_jklm_21.04.2015.csv", with the numbers being today's date in german culture spelling and ...
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Bulk Folder Renaming Powershell Script

The script below is used for Bulk Folder Renaming. However I wanted to make this as a Generic Script so users can give input and use it accordingly. This script has 3 inputs a) Enter the Source ...
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Batch file to rename spaces with a dot, except the - part and have it lowercase

I am trying to rename a file from The Big Bang Theory - The Prom Equivalency.mp4 to the.big.bang.theory-the.prom.equivalency.mp4 with a batch script. Here's what I've got so far: @ECHO OFF setlocal ...
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running batch file within powershell

I'm running a batch file within PowerShell. It calls up another program to do a bunch of maps which it outputs to a subfolder called "GRD" I then want to rename the files in the GRD folder ...
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batch rename multiple mp3's stripping leading digits

Hi could anyone help me? Im trying to strip leading digits from multiple mp3 files so "01 some_file.mp3" would become "some_file.mp3" if any one could show me how to doit with zmv that would be great
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Recursively Rename File Extensions Across Multiple Drives

I have this for a batch file. I know squat about batch files. FOR /r %%x IN (*.BMP,*.GIF,*.JPG,*.PNG) DO REN "%%x" *.jpeg Which works fine locally. I need this to work across multiple drives (c:,d:,...
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changing order of files

I have a series of files named in alphabetical order (xaa.tif to xdg.tif). I need to reverse the order of the filenames so that the last file is processed first in a script. I would like to rename ...
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How to rename a movie file and also files ins subdirectories (e.g. subtitles) beginning with same prefix

I've several directories with movie files , and also subdirectories with subtitles files with same prefix or starting with same prefix. I want to rename subtitles files with the Directory name it is ...
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Program that renames mp3 files using ID3 tag [closed]

I know a lot of people who have MP3 collections and find out their music directory looks a lot like this... 0.mp3 1.mp3 2.mp3 3.mp3 ... So useless with a file manager. What is a freeware program ...
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Batch script to rename portionof a filename

I've been trying to make a script that will a file name and change only one word in it. An example would be: projectname.vcproj.domainname.username.user to projectname.vcproj.otherdomainname....
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I need to rename a group of numbered files, but modify the number + 5. How? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I mass rename files from the command line or using a 3rd party tool? I have a group of 47 .mp3 files that are being used for a multimedia project that are named 01.mp3 ...
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Flatten Folder Structure, Move Files from Sub-Folders to Main

In Windows command line, is there a way to bulk move all the contents of subfolders up some levels? In other words, a way to get rid of selected subfolders while keeping their contents? I would like ...
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find and rename base directory and files under each basedir, add a prefix

I would like to recursively rename all matching directories and files under a path with a prefix that depend from the current directory. . ├── G1_BIN_REFINEMENT │   └── marker_genes │   └── ...
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Batch remove irregular suffix from folder names

I have a series of folders named in the following fashion: 11.23 John Smith 12.912 Kate Spade 23.34 Alexander McQueen 22.E01 Michael Kors I want to rename the folder names to just: 11.23 12.912 23.34 ...
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Recursive rename with negate filter not working

I want my script to recursively rename all .mov files to _Proxy.mov, BUT I also want it to SKIP any files already named _Proxy.mov. The below command is still renaming all .mov files, and is ignoring ...
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How to trim multiple file names using batch file

I need to trim all file names in a folder on a daily basis and therefore am searching for batch file recommendations. Any help is much appreciated!! The numbers behind the file names are changing on a ...
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Rename files based on specific text in file, file contains lots of Spaces and other text

I have been trying to get this to work without success. I have searched here and elsewhere for help and tried everything I could think of, the issue is its selecting additional text, I then get ...
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How to batch rename Files, moving character to the end

Having previously used batch files to rename files with success, I thought this would be possible, but I just cannot get it to work for this case. I have the following files which I'd like to rename ...
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Incremental renaming files in wget2

How I can rename files in incremental img001.jpg, img002.jpg,img003.jpg in below. i tried -o, as i am downloading multiple files from text files, the files gets truncated. -o is building a one large ...
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Can git automatically rename files during clone/pull/commit?

We have a collection of scripts, which have, historically, had a different name-prefix depending on whether they are used in production or a lower environment. We're switching to git now, and would ...
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How to rename files in all subdirectories

I need to rename all files in subdirectories. The names of the subdirectories are different, the file names are different, but they are always JPG files. I need a BAT script that will change the names ...
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How command Bulk Rename Utility to disregard case when removing characters or words?

I see nothing in red box for case matching or sensitive! I want it remove bunch characters or words regardless of upper or lower case!
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How to batch-rename files in multiple folders

I run windows 10, and want to rename a single file a.jpg to b.jpg in many folders. Is possible?
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Rename all .htaccess Files

I am moving many directories to Nextcloud which does not allow to upload .htaccess Files. Therefore I need to rename them to "DOT.htaccess". Is there an elegant and easy way to do that with the ...
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bulk renaming sets of image files

We use a 6-camera insect imaging setup described here: https://osf.io/s2p73/ Part of our workflow involves renaming the image files so they can be imported into our database. We currently do this ...
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Rename Files in Folders

My goal is to create something in my Windows Server 2016 that renames all files in a folder continuously. But, I do not know a way of doing so. I have done some research about this but I only have ...
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batch script to replace square brackets, across a whole drive?

I found a fabulous script to help with a recent virus attack, which replaces the square brackets in a filename. However, the virus managed to hit a large number of different filepaths before it was ...
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Batch Renaming Folders With Date And Version [closed]

I am trying to batch rename about a thousand folders into a particular format - ("date" "version" - "title"). For example "100311a-Project Name". I am able to use a renaming application (Better Rename ...
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How to add a prefix to all folders and sub-folders? (windows)

re: How to add a prefix to all files and folders in a folder? (windows) I am trying to create a .bat file which will rename a predefined folder structure with a project number prefix eg. project name/...
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Rename Multiple files with unknown/different names using powershell to same name

I have a group of pictures (.jpg) all in the same folder that are all named something different. I am trying to rename all of them to the same name, numbered consecutively like it would in file ...
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Batch change link "Start In" directory

I have some 100~ish links in a directory. I want t change all of their 'start in' to "", i.e. nothing. It is very tedious to do this one by one in properties. Is there any easy way (without ...
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Is there a way to batch rename files involving rearraging the filename based on capitalization

I want to rename a large amount of files in the format: Firstname LASTNAME ABC to yyyymmdd.pdf where ABC is a random acronym, and yyyymmdd is the date, to: LASTNAME Firstname ABC to yyyymmdd.pdf ...
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Batch Renaming on a file share

We currently have a CIFS share hosted from a SAN device and are planning to move toward a case management system. The issue I'm having is a lot of the various files in our file share end with a ...
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Wildcard in rename and robocopy command into batch file

What I am attempting to do is automate some work I do daily. What I would like to happen is a prompt saying What is your name? Then use that answer as a variable to be used in different commands like ...
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Automator: rename files fixing the gaps in numbers 1,2,3,5,6 -> 1,2,3,4,5

I have a huge bunch of scanned files (before OCR) and I want the Automator (Yosemite) to fix the gaps in files numbers: some pages was duplicated and after deletion the duplication there are gaps in ...
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Directory with same name subdirectory move

I got myself stuck and can't seem to find a quick way to fix this. I have an external HDD with a folder structure like this: \folder1 \folder2 \folder3 some of these have a subdirectory named the ...
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Semiautomatic rename of files according to pattern?

I have a lot of files and directories named similar to [Origin]Description[Techinfo]. Sometimes, brackets can be round brackets instead of square brackets, or spaces between the parts. How can I ...
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Mac Terminal Renaming Bulk files Randomly

I have googled and looked on here but nothing is as basic as I want it. Whats the best way to rename a folder of both .jpg and .JPG files to a random number - I have 250 images and I randomly want ...
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Copy file names to another folder

I need to copy file names from one folder to another. File contents are never changed. No files are overwritten, moved or copied. It's only about file names. I have a folder A with files named: Show -...
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Image names with international characters - 404 error

Hi I'm trying to figure out what's wrong, and maybe someone can help me out. I recently moved a bunch of images over to a new server and imported them into my wordpress database. Many of these images ...
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Program / Script / Method to rename EAC-ripped album of MP3s using Masks

tl;dr: skip to last paragraph I’ve recently changed the filename format that I use in Exact Audio Copy when ripping CDs. I have changed it so that for various-artist CDs, the track number then CD ...
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Automate the renaming of file in OSX

Example: We have a folder filled with 30 images with inconsistent names. These images need to be named consistently and numerically: image1.jpg image2.jpg image3.jpg ... image30.jpg Can this be ...
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Mac OS: how could I rename a file like APP_001.gif to 01.gif?

I have a load of files in a directory. They all have names like: APP_001.gif APP_101.gif How could I bulk rename them to 01.gif 101.gif i.e. get rid of the prefix before _, and then remove the ...
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How can I rename a directory name replacing the first letter of each word in the name string to uppercase?

On a Windows 10 computer, I've been using free utilities like PFrank tool and Power Toys PowerRenamer. With PFrank I was able to change the case of each word in the name of the filenames to uppercase, ...
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Rename files in a directory [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Rename a group of files with one command I have a directory having .txt files. I need to rename the extension of all the files to .xml. How can I do this in command line? I ...
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Move part of the filename to the front of the filename

I want to move a part of the filename to the front of the filename. All my files have a delimiter # in them, such as: 2585#xxxxx#4157.pdf. Now I want to move the part after the last # to the second ...
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Best way to Delete characters from Filename after a specific string of characters in Windows

I was wondering if there's a quick an easy way to search for filenames with several characters and delete all the characters after those. For example if I have a file called: Great Movie Title 2021 ...
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Batch rename multiple files by creation date [closed]

this is my first question in superuser. As you probably read in the title I would like to rename multiple files using a .bat file. I'm currently working on a project that involves books. In this case ...
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Midnight Commander multi-rename with numerical values for new file names

With F6 we can multi-rename group of selected files in mc. I know, for example, how to search and replace using some regexp tokens subset in this menu. But how to proceed if I need rename a group of ...
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Rename with a "/" in the name

I am trying to change a @ in the name to / for multiple files using cmd's ren command but couldn't as "/" is an identifier. None of the below worked... 1. ren TODAY@WEEK TODAY/WEEK 2. ren TODAY@WEEK "...
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