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Midnightwalk

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1. Here's a windows link

Reply to Turbineguy (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2020, 08:39 PM

Jan 2020

I’d make a copy of the files into a new directory first and use the command line version myself but I don’t use windows for anything much any more so I can’t vouch for this.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.windowscentral.com/how-rename-multiple-files-bulk-windows-10%3famp]

For unix/mac it would be a few line script depending on how simple the pattern was. I’d still work on a copy of the files and would probably google linux rename multiple files if I didn’t have time to mess with it.

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Batch file rename [View all] Turbineguy Jan 2020 OP

Here's a windows link Midnightwalk Jan 2020 #1

There are several Windows file explorers that support multi-rename/batch file rename. Eugene Jan 2020 #2

I've used this in the past canetoad Jan 2020 #3

Thanks! Turbineguy Jan 2020 #4

Here you go discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2020 #5

I can't get the syntax to work. Turbineguy Jan 2020 #6