Greetings,
thanks, will take a look at this, have one more post to view, wonder if
they've suggested the same thing?
On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 05:51:12 -0400, Pratik Patel <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
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-Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Looking for a solution.
-From: Pratik Patel <[log in to unmask]>
-Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2020 05:51:12 -0400
-
-Colin,
-
-Microsoft Power Toys has a utility that will allow you to do this. I'm sure
-there are others. But I find this particularly useful. Take a look at the
-documentation for the renaming utility for Power toys below.
-
-113-0229606-4376200
-
-You can download Power Toys here. Download the MSI file.
-
-https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/
-
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-<[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Colin Howard
-Sent: Sunday, June 7, 2020 3:34 AM
-To: [log in to unmask]
-Subject: [VICUG-L] Looking for a solution.
-
-Greetings,
-
-Can anybody suggest some kind of program solution?
-
-Is there perhaps a piece of software which can address the problem of
taking
-a folder (and any sub-folders) and making a global change to the file
names?
-
-I stress, only the names themselves, not the format or content of the
files,
-nor do I want them to be moved or copied, I simply want the program to look
-at the folder(s) and change a common part of the name.
-
-I give an example of a few files sent me by a friend, they have simply been
-saved into a folder, in this case called "spark" being programs broadcast
-over a considerable period in the field mainly of science, by The Canadian
-Broadcasting Company.
-
-Note the names are not consistent apart from the start of each being
-"CBCSpark" which, in this case, I want to remove as the folder name
-indicates the file source. In some cases, I may well want to replace or
-amend the text, therefore, would want three parameters, probably the
-location of the top folder, being it's complete path in this case "h:\Paul
-David\spark\", the second containing the value for which a change is
-required, the third, being the substitution. Hence in this case, the
-program might receive the following command line:
-
-program "h:\Paul David\Spark\","cbcspark",""
-
-The final backslash indicating to process any sub-folders, if the backslash
-is missing, only the specified folder would be processed.
-
- CBCSpark380, phantom traffic jams, catfish in scams and smart
speakers.mp3
-
-CBCSpark381, the bad design behind Hawaii's misile scare, Internet freedom
-in Iran, and more.mp3
-
-CBCSpark382.mp3
-
-. . .
-
-CBCSpark419, new tech in museums and learning from si-fi movies.mp3
-
-CBCSpark425, The History Of The Future Of Cellphones.mp3
-
-CBCSpark459, Canada, Communications and the New Decade.mp3
-
-CBCSpark460, The Future.mp3
-
-. . .
-
-CBCSpark2014 06 08.mp3
-
-CBCSpark2014 06 15.zip
-
-CBCSpark2014 06 22.mp3
-
-CBCSpark2014 10 12.mp3
-
-. . .
-
-CBCSpark, David Fewer on Copyright Reform.mp3
-
-CBCSpark, David Neale on the future of mobile devices.mp3
-
-CBCSpark, full interview, Kevin Kelly on the pleasures of play.mp3
-
-Note my above command line would not correctly pick up the last three
files,
-because the start cbcspark has a comma following, therefore, I would be
left
-with:
-
-, David Fewer on Copyright Reform.mp3
-
-, David Neale on the future of mobile devices.mp3
-
-, full interview, Kevin Kelly on the pleasures of play.mp3
-
-but if setting up a mask to contain the comma, there is a danger of
trapping
-other names, hence, the new command name would need to have the first
-parameter as the path like before, the second ", " and the third "" meaning
-the comma and space would be replaced by nothing.
-
-I have a great many folders in similar mixtures so would welcome a program
-of the type explained above.
-
-A possible problem, is, by changing the name, it might happen when writing
-back to the folder, there may already be a file with the same name, in this
-case, we can ignore whichever version is the earliest, or allow the system
-to create a file with the (2) or (3) or whatever before the file extension
-at the end of the file name is necessary hence leaving me to decide which
to
-keep as in my system at any rate, in a listing, they appear next to each
-other.
-
-I hope I have explained my requirements, I don't want a two-step or
-three-step process, I am looking for something I can call and let it get on
-with the job with no more intervention from me.
-Thanks.
-
-
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