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How to append a string to a file name in Bash Shell?
So I am supposed to find all the files in the given directory with surffix of .C or cc,
and change their name to .C.blah or .cc.blah
Is there a command to do that?
Or should I implement this with ...
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Recursively rename files through the command line (Windows 7) [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Which command can I use to recursively rename or move a file in Windows?
Is there a way, through the command line, to recursively rename all .m4v files to .avi?
ren ...
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How to batch rename files based on file header/metadata in Windows?
I have a directory full of randomly named files of different types, all with no file extensions. Most are images, with some videos, and some plaintext. I've used one of the Windows versions of file to ...
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Facebook photos: batch renaming to useful filenames [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I do a mass file rename in Windows?
Scenario:
I work with a journalist friend who writes and photographs for travel and art subjects. He uses his Facebook ...
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Batch rename files that do not match pattern
I do not have programming experience and mostly use one-liner or sometimes more to get the job done. I am having problem to batch rename the files that do not match a particular pattern.
Sample ...
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Easily swap file names?
Is there an easy way to swap the file names of two files in Windows? Perhaps using the move command in the shell?
Preferably without using external software.
Example: I have fileA.txt and ...
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Replace umlauts with regular expressions
I would like to sync several folders on my local Mac with a remote server via SFTP. As the existing umlauts appear to be problematic for my syncing software (Deltawalker), I am looking for a way ro ...
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Need assistance making a batch file for renaming files in separate folders
Ok, here's one for you. I'm trying to use a batch file to rename a bunch of files, but none of them are in the same folder as the batch file itself. The command prompt keeps telling me that the ...
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Mass Rename Files with bash
I've got a bunch of numbered files like this:
file #01.ext
file #02.ext
file #03.ext
file #04.ext
file #05.ext
And what I want is to make them all have three digits (two leading 0's) instead of ...
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Firefox extension to that add rename feature to download dialog
Is there a Firefox extension that add a rename feature (for example a textbox) to Firefox's Download Dialog ?
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How to determine exactly which file actions will be reverted when doing an Undo in Windows Explorer?
I had a brain fart and forgot which was the last file action I performed in Windows Explorer on XP SP3. Explorer offers an Undo but I am not 100% confident I remember what was the last operation I ...
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How do I rename a file or folder to .something in Windows 7?
When I try to rename a folder to .svn or a file to .myemacs, for example, a popup says:
You must specify a file name.
Do you have a workaround ?
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Renaming OSX Lion partitions and mountpoints
I replaced the original hard drive within my Macbook Pro with a ssd to gain in speed. I kept my hard drive as an external hard disk mounted at /Volumes/Macintosh HD (got this name automatically, no ...
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How to remove parts of a file name
Ive got multiple mp3 files named like so:
artist - year - album - track - title.mp3
about half of them, due to a "rename from tag" error are named like this:
artist - year - album - track - title - ...
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Windows batch file: rename files (possibly in multiple folders) based on input file (of target filenames)
I am a Batch-newbie...
This "tool" is to automate the slimming down of Windows (XP) by disabling certain system driver, DLL and EXE files. Instead of outright deletion, I wish to rename-in-place, ...
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renaming hundreds of PDF files with information found in the file
I scan forms at work into PDF files and then use Nitro to make them searchable. I need to come up with a way to read the 1st 50 characters of the file which is always in the same place in the ...
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How do I rename a file that only consists of an extension?
I use the Eclipse IDE to do development work and would like to copy/rename the .classpath and/or .project files. Note that these files only have an extension and not a filename.
Windows won't let ...
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Windows 7 command prompt: rename files located on a network path (UNC path)
In the command prompt, I need a way up rename a file on a remote server. Conceptually, this is what I am looking for:
ren \\servername\folder\file.txt \\servername\folder\file2.txt
Aside from using ...
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Does anyone know what key combinations do we need to press to select all the text while renaming a file?
When renaming a file, I tried to do Ctrl-A (I wanted to select all then Ctrl-C copy).
However to my shock that shortcut doesn't work.
Does anyone know what key combinations do we need to press to ...
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Is it possible to set a display name different to its real name in Windows 7?
Considering any folder, is it possible to set a different display name for it without changing the real system name?
For example, to have a folder on any drive, like D:\foo and let it show up in ...
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How to select the whole file name? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Select full file name when renaming on Windows 7
When I select a file in the file explorer and press F2 I get the file name highlighted, but not including the extension:
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How to preview hundreds of pdfs & rename them based on content? [closed]
Is there any freeware pdf manager - explorer - anything to do the job. Help is needed urgently.
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How can I change the name of the VBScript process, wscript.exe?
I want to run multiple scripts simultaneously, but monitoring them or detecting which has died is difficult as they are all listed as wscript.exe in the process list.
How can I change the name of the ...
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Truncate all files in a directory after underscore?
I have a directory with a couple thousand images in it. Most of them have sensible filenames like SD-000.tif SD-001.tif BX-000.tif etc...
However probably ~25% of them have names like BX-003_old.tif ...
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Renaming VLAN Interfaces in Linux
I need to know how to rename VLAN interfaces. I'm currently running Ubuntu 11.04. I'm running a networking application that takes frames on one interface applies things like delays and errors and ...
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symbolic links rename destination with out effecting source (xp machine)
i'm using windows XP
i have a directory with an invalid naming schame,
i would like to clone the dir (without actually coping it, as in symlinks)
and rename the files there in the proper manner for ...
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While renaming, How can I disable Windows 7 highlighting the entire filename when I click'n'drag across part of it?
This is super annoying. If I highlight one word in the long filename, the entire filename gets highlighted (usually 1 millisecond before I tap delete or type something else). I just want Windows to ...
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Unix utility to rename file(s) in an editor or inline
I am looking for a unix command-line program for renaming file (or files) visually, in an editor or inline (in the same manner as you rename a file on your desktop).
Example. I often need to rename a ...
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batch-rename filenames with numbers to sort alphabetically
I want to batch-rename files containing numbers, padding the numbers with zeroes.
The goal is to sort numbered sets of files alphabetically in the correct order in any application.
In a set of files ...
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How to loop through folders and rename extensions in a batch file?
Selecting a single folder I could run
ren *.jpeg *.png
I have multiple folders. I want to create a batch file that will loop through all the folders and will rename the files within it.
For ...
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Stripping out illegal characters such as question marks “????” from names of my files on Windows 7
I need a simple free software program that can strip out illegal characters such as question marks ???? from names of my files on Windows 7, 64 bit and can strip them in batch/bulk
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Easy way to rename a category in uTorrent?
I know how to do it manually:
create a temporary category
select all links (CTRL-A) and move them to temporary category
create desired category
move all links to desired category
delete temporary ...
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How can I batch rename a set of filenames in Linux?
I have a folder with images named:
pic001-2.png
pic002-2.png
pic003-2.png
How do I rename them to the following?
pic001.png
pic002.png
pic003.png
I have tried mv "pic*-2.png" "pic*.png" but ...
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In bash, how can I rename a file without repeating the path? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Reuse text on a bash command
If I want to rename a file a few directories deep, how can I avoid repeating the path?
For example:
mv path/to/old_filename.txt ...
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How to download files and rename them using href name?
How would you mass download files from a web page and also rename them using the href name(description) they have?
The idea is that files downloaded have descriptive names, unlike the original file ...
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Directory disappeared while renaming
I was just renaming a directory on my desktop using standard GUI procedure and it disappeared. I checked the usual things like recycle bin, hidden file settings, system file hiding and so on but it's ...
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How to rename all files and directories in current folder?
I have a directory structure like this:
./
whatever/
foos_whatever.ext
something/
foo/
1.ext
2.ext
another/
foo.ext
I want to rename all files and directories that ...
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Recursively renaming .foo files based on name of accompanying .bar file in multiple folders in Windows 7?
I've just finished creating SHA1 hashes for each album in my MP3 collection using Corz Checksum. It left a .hash file in each folder, as desired. (Each folder is an album.)
However, the hash files ...
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Rename images so they burn to CD in order
I have a bunch of images named:
1.jpg
2.jpg
317.jpg
317 (2)a.jpg
etc.
In my file browser (Nautilus), they are displayed in the correct numerical order. However, in Brasero when I order them, it ...
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Software (with GUI) that can be set to bulk rename multiple files in a ZIP file (and preferably RAR and 7Z too) and then extract them (for Windows)
Can anyone recommend a software with a GUI that can be set to bulk rename multiple files in a specified ZIP file (and preferably RAR and 7Z too) and then extract them (for Windows 7)?
The software's ...
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How to rename a set of files like this in DOS/Windows XP?
How to rename a set of files like this in DOS/Windows XP?
current file names:
file111.txt
file112.txt
file113.txt
after renaming file names:
file0111.txt
file0112.txt
file0113.txt
...
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How can I remove the first character from all filenames in a folder?
I need to remove the first character (which is always "_") from all filenames in a folder.
I'm currently using this command: ren _*.txt *.txt But it doesn't work.
However, if I run ren _*.txt A*.txt ...
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Unable to rename folders in Windows Vista SP2
When logged in as a particular user (an Administrator) on a Windows Vista machine I cannot rename new or existing folders under Windows anywhere on the system, including external USB drives, NAS etc.
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Utility to download and rename a bunch of files?
This Bash script is fine to download just a few files, but I need to download over a hundred of them. VisualWGet is able to download a file of files, but is unable to rename them.
Does someone know ...
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Software for batch renaming of images
I have a bunch of images downloaded from the web. I kept their original file names when I saved them.
Now I would like to reorder these images and have them renamed in a pattern like this: ...
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Rename folder according to mp3/flac tag information
I would like all folders in my music collection to be renamed with a date, which is tagged in the music files inside them. Basically, change
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
in
Dire Straits - 1988 ...
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How can I mass rename all the form fields in a PDF?
I made a PDF with many (like 100) fillable form fields. But I did it with copy and paste. Now all the form fields have the same name (Text1) and filling in one will fill in all the others with the ...
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Rename sets of files based on size
Background
Rename one set of files based on a name that corresponds to another set, using a sort order based on file size to match the file names. The files from both sets have approximately the same ...
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Bulk/Batch File Renamer
I would like some/any recommendation for a Batch/Bulk File Renamer software for Windows 7.
The thing is, I want a software that can rename files in a watched folder. By this I mean that the software ...
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Renaming files in batch with Unix RENAME
I have files whose names look like this:
Sim1-2_40.36.chr20_sb.foo.indel.novoalign.sam
Sim1-2_40.36.chr20_sb.foo.indel.bwa.sam
What I want to do is to replace all indel with snp in the names
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