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268.Batch file rename -- How to batch rename each html file to the title of the html file?

User: editor -- 2008-09-19
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Description:
How to batch rename each html file to the title of the html file?
Answer:
Hint: You need to Download and install "Replace Pioneer" to finish following steps.
1. open menu 'Tools->Batch Runner'
2. click 'Pick files' select multiplue 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:

5. click 'Rename', finish.

Note: 
1. html_title is a function to take text between <TITLE> and </TITLE> from html file.
2. require version 2.2 and above.

More examples:

#.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 '_'
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