Comments on: How to Batch Rename Filenames

By: SWhite

SWhite — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:28:20 +0000

Great post. I used Adobe Bridge and it worked very well. I liked the options it gave you for setting the file name. I notice that if you have full Acrobat, you can use Batch processing to rename as well, but with fewer options than Bridge.

By: SenHu

SenHu — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:46:25 +0000

I think the equivalent to UNIX shell on windows is biterscripting. A script that will replace chars 2-4 of every *.txt file found in folder C:/test (and its subfolder). The chars 2-4 will be replaced by “IFeelLucky” (as example).

var str list, file, name, newname
lf -r -n “*.txt” “C:/test” > $list
while ($list “”)
do
lex “1″ $list > $file ; stex -p “^/^l[" $file > $name
chex -p "]2″ $name > $newname
set $newname = $newname + “IFeelLucky”
chex -p “4[” $name >> $newname
system rename $file $newname
done

Use double quotes if any of the involved file or folder names contain spaces – see the help page for the chex command at http://www.biterscripting.com/helppages/chex.html .

By: Saeed

Saeed — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:24:01 +0000

What if the files are not in the same directory? I want to replace a portion of the file name with another string.

In unix, one would use grep/egrep to do the job. What is the equivalent utility in Windows?

By: Naomi

Naomi — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:40:21 +0000

Rename Now a very easy to use MAC computers in bulk to change the file name of the software.

Rename Now can help you organize all the files very neat! And very easy to use!

“Rename Now ” software from MarkMark

By: Mazhar

Mazhar — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:46:56 +0000

wow, very easy way to change file names. what a key

By: RoderidkT

RoderidkT — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:19:18 +0000

Take a look at the excellent freeware FastStone Image Viewer. It has a powerful batch renamer function. I use it together with Picasa but make sure that Picasa is also open when you use FastStone to rename as otherwise Picasa will not modify its .ini file and your Picasa edits will not be applied to original.

FastStone is also great for on screen image comaprisions.

I now only use Photoshop for those few photos that warrent the time being spent on them.

By: Leafnode

Leafnode — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:18:54 +0000

Total Commander has great multi-rename tool – can be simple or very powerful (has regex option).

By: Ronano

Ronano — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:03:51 +0000

I used Quick File Renamer. Because it can be used in VISTA. And it's really quick. I like it very much.

By: doom2

doom2 — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:41:17 +0000

First one… What a hidden gem!!!

By: fulmar2

fulmar2 — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:29:13 +0000

Another way to rename files (at least on the mac) is to use this nifty Batch File Renamer It's quick and easy

By: sgsfd

sgsfd — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 05:27:28 +0000

move file to mac, rename using automator, move files back to pc.

By: Korayem

Korayem — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 11:12:54 +0000

Why don’t u use REGEX with any AWK under windows.

By: earl-ku

earl-ku — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:22:02 +0000

acdsee is the best in renaming, u get to browse the folders, then rename files in them … ITS THE BEST!

By: CincauHangus

CincauHangus — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:02:44 +0000

there’s microsoft picture manager, comes bundled with any office suite. only works for images.

then there’s faststone image resizer, can use for batch renaming as well. i think it’s also limited to photos. much more customisable compared to microsoft picture manager, and it’s free.

By: Cristian

Cristian — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:58:52 +0000

Try Fileaze (http://www.fileaze.com/): does that and tons of other batch operations for a few bucks!