This tag is about the renaming of large batches of files.
This tag is about the renaming of large number of files. This is often scripted or done via a dedicated program.
Questions tagged [batch-rename]
326 questions
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Add 1 character at the start of each filename
I want to put 1 character at start of each jpg filename.
I have made this batch file:
for %%A in (*.jpg) do ren "%%~A" s"%%~nA%%~xA"
This works almost perfectly, but the first file is processed twice:
ssNL201501
sNL201502
sNL201503
What do I do…
janklaas
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Add suffix to multiple folder names, keeping the original name
Basically I have a number of folders all called different names. I would like to add a suffix to the end of each folder and within Windows (no 3rd party software).
For example:
Mercury,
Venus,
Earth,
Mars
And I need:
Mercury 2015,
Venus 2015,
Earth…
Luca
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Name files after the folders which contain them
I have folders that have specific names.
Each of these folders contains a file named preview.png
Is it possible to name the preview.png exactly after the folder which contains it? So that in the example preview.png would be renamed to Basic…
Phil
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Swapping characters within filename in a windows batch file
I have a folder with picture files. Filename structure is ddmmyy2222.png where dd=day, mm=month and yy=year. I'm trying to rename them according to the structure yyyymmdd.png like this:
120516222.png => 20160512.png
010616222.png =>…
user2261983
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how to loop through sub folders and rename to parent - folder - file number
Here are my folders:
Dexter\Season 1\season 1 ep 1
Dexter\Season 1\season 1 ep 1
Dexter\Season 2\season 1 ep 1
Dexter\Season 2\season 1 ep 1
Dexter\Season 3\season 1 ep 1
Dexter\Season 3\season 1 ep 1
I am currently in Dexter\
What I…
user1087185
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I need to rename a group of numbered files, but modify the number + 5. How?
Possible Duplicate:
How can I mass rename files from the command line or using a 3rd party tool?
I have a group of 47 .mp3 files that are being used for a multimedia project that are named 01.mp3 - 47.mp3 Every file should really have a name that…
Kendor
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How command Bulk Rename Utility to disregard case when removing characters or words?
I see nothing in red box for case matching or sensitive!
I want it remove bunch characters or words regardless of upper or lower case!
user269574
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How to efficiently rename all files/directories with same name?
I'm trying to rename a few common files/directories in my music collection. As of now, my music library is organized this way:
Music
Artist
Album
Song
Song
Song
.Cover.jpg
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Ryan McClure
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Rename multiple files in folder with different pattern file name
I have 7000 folders and each folders have different pattern like this :
folder…
user2236102
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Add folder name to beginning of filename - getting multiple renames
I've used dbenham's excellent response to the question of how to add the folder name to the beginning of a filename in a cmd script.
@echo off
pushd "Folder"
for /d %%D in (*) do (
for %%F in ("%%~D\*") do (
for %%P in ("%%F\..") do (
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Power Tools Renaming "Author - Title" to "Title (Author)"
I want to use Power Toys' Power Rename utility to rename some PDFs that have their filenames in the form of "Author - Title" to "Title (Author)".
Can anyone help me with the regular expression to achieve…
DANI3L
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Script to add suffix to filename
Hi I am trying to add a suffix before the extension for all files in a folder. Is there anyway I can get a script to do this with notepad please. I cannot use any other means :-(
Example files is my,file.pdf would like it to be renamed my,…
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Renaming Parts of Multiple Folders
I have a large number of folders that contain the video regions on the folders which I would like to remove. For instance, some are PAL such as
/Folder1 [PAL]
Some are NTSC such as
/Folder2 [NTSC]
And some are both PAL and NTSC such as
/Folder3…
Payam Naderi
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