| User: editor -- 2008-06-20 << 194 196 >> |
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| Type: Batch file rename |
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| Description: |
| How to batch rename files by removing all letters and symbols in filename, only keep numbers? |
| Input Sample: |
| file_123.jpg fff_222.jpg fff_333_uuu.jpg ... |
| Output Sample: |
| 123.jpg 222.jpg 333.jpg |
| Answer: |
| Hint: You need to Download and install "Replace Pioneer" on windows platform to finish following steps. |
| 1. open menu 'Tools->Batch Runner' 2. click 'Pick files' select multiplue files 3. sort these files by name or date or others, by clicking different column titles. 4. change 'set output filename' entry from ${FILENAME} to: and click 'Apply' at right. 5. click 'Rename', finish. if you want to record the mapping between oldname and newname, you can click 'Export List', and save the mapping to a file. Note: ${BASE}{replace,'[^\d]',''}.${EXT} means remove all non-number characters in basename. There are many ways to change filename flexibly: #.jpg --- 1.jpg, 2.jpg, ... ##.jpg --- 01.jpg, 02.jpg, ... ###.jpg --- 001.jpg, 002.jpg, ... @.jpg --- a.jpg, b.jpg, ... ${BASE}###.jpg --- add 3 digit sequence number ${BASE}{1,3}.jpg --- keep 1 to 3 chars of filename ${BASE}{-3,-1}.jpg --- keep last 3 chars of filename ${BASE}{replace,'a','b'}.jpg --- replace a with b ${BASE}{replace,'_',''}.jpg ---remove '_' ... |
Screenshot 1: Batch_Runner_Window |