Have you got a folder full of files that you want to rename in the same way? If you are using Linux or Mac you can do it with one line of commands.
I had a folder of images named 1.png, 2.png etc. and I wanted to rename them all to Date_Event_1.png, Date_Event_2.png etc.
And just in case you want to revert back:
Note the two different apostrophes in that last command.
I had a folder of images named 1.png, 2.png etc. and I wanted to rename them all to Date_Event_1.png, Date_Event_2.png etc.
Open a command line - Terminal on your Mac and navigate to the folder containing the files you wish to rename and type the following command:
for filename in *.png; do mv "$filename" "Date_Event_$filename"; done;
And just in case you want to revert back:
for filename in *.png; do mv $filename `echo $filename | sed 's/\Date_Event_//'`; done;
Note the two different apostrophes in that last command.
The sed command is key to this. The manual is here https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/manual/sed.html#Common-Commands
ReplyDeleteTo find and replace one character with another, for example an underscore with a dash... for filename in *.jpg; do mv $filename `echo $filename | sed 's/_/-/'`; done;
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