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Renaming files

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  • 09-06-2008 12:07pm
    #1
    The Mighty Dubs
    Registered Users Posts: 224 ✭✭


    I have a folder which contains about 3000 images. They are all named e.g. 12345_01.jpg. I basically need to save them down to 12345.jpg loosing the "_01" bit.
    Any suggestions how i could go about this


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    allexxei
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭allexxei


    What OS do you have there ?


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    #3
    The Mighty Dubs
    Registered Users Posts: 224 ✭✭The Mighty Dubs


    Win XP Pro


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    allexxei
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    I don't think there is something allready done in the OS to help you to rename all files, so you should write a vbs file to do that


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    dazberry
    Registered Users Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭dazberry


    rename ?????_??.jpg ?????.jpg

    D.


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    allexxei
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭allexxei


    I know ! , but you can't do it bulk with rename :) Wasn't this your problem ?

    That's why I said you should have a script to run this rename command


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    allexxei
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    Try this

    rename *_01.jpg *.jpg


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    lynchie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,996 ✭✭✭lynchie


    The Mighty Dubs wrote: »
    I have a folder which contains about 3000 images. They are all named e.g. 12345_01.jpg. I basically need to save them down to 12345.jpg loosing the "_01" bit.
    Any suggestions how i could go about this

    Plenty of free bulk file renamers around. Do a quick google.


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    00sully
    Registered Users Posts: 1,266 ✭✭✭00sully


    I wrote a nice app that does this with some nice options. drop me a pm and ill send it on to ya :)


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    carveone
    Registered Users Posts: 1,228 ✭✭✭carveone


    The Mighty Dubs wrote: »
    I have a folder which contains about 3000 images. They are all named e.g. 12345_01.jpg. I basically need to save them down to 12345.jpg loosing the "_01" bit.
    Any suggestions how i could go about this

    As dazberry sez, question marks will work if they are fixed width.

    Eg: rename ?_foo.jpg ?.jpg works for me.

    Else you can do it with a bit of messing:
    dir /b *_*.jpg > 1
for /F "delims=_ tokens=1*" %i in (1) do rename "%i_%j" "%i.jpg"

    The dir makes a file called "1" with a list of names. The for options makes an entry like: 12345_01.jpg into two parameters. %i is "12345" and "%j" is the rest of the line. Thus for that file the command would be:

    rename "12345_01.jpg" "12345.jpg"

    The quotes are there in case the filename has spaces. Hope this helps.


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    Evil Phil
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    00sully wrote: »
    I wrote a nice app that does this with some nice options. drop me a pm and ill send it on to ya :)

    What part of don't ask for private messages in thread don't you understand?


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