| User: editor -- 2008-07-05 << 212 214 >> |
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| Type: Batch file rename |
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| Description: |
| How to batch rename files by removing first 3 characters of filename? |
| Input Sample: |
| old filenames abc01-01 abc01-02 abc01-03 abc02-01 abc02-02 |
| Output Sample: |
| new filenames 01-01 01-02 01-03 02-01 02-02 |
| Answer: |
| Hint: You need to Download and install "Replace Pioneer" on windows platform to finish following steps. |
| 1. open menu 'Tools->Batch Runner' 2. click 'Pick files' select multiple files 3. sort these files by name or date or others, by clicking different column titles. 4. change 'set output filename' entry from ${FILENAME} to: and click 'Apply' at right. 5. click 'Rename', finish. if you want to record the mapping between oldname and newname, you can click 'Export List', and save the mapping to a file. Note: ${FILENAME}{4,-1} means only keep ${FILENAME} from 4th character to last character(removing first 3 characters) There are many ways to change filename flexibly: #.jpg --- 1.jpg, 2.jpg, ... ##.jpg --- 01.jpg, 02.jpg, ... ###.jpg --- 001.jpg, 002.jpg, ... @.jpg --- a.jpg, b.jpg, ... ${BASE}###.jpg --- add 3 digit sequence number ${BASE}{1,3}.jpg --- keep 1 to 3 chars of filename ${BASE}{-3,-1}.jpg --- keep last 3 chars of filename ${BASE}{replace,'a','b'}.jpg --- replace a with b ${BASE}{replace,'_',''}.jpg ---remove '_' ... |
Screenshot 1: Batch_Runner_Window |