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Sources: Renaming folders of files?
  • SteveP June 5, 2013 8:07AM
    We have a folder of 50+ text files, each one with a name in the format - smith.001, smith.002, etc. The first part is the same for all files, and the file extension is just a sequence number.

    If we try to open one of these files in a DataManager, there doesn't appear to be a way of doing it, without renaming the file to something like smith001.txt

    Is there a way to EITHER open the files with their current names, OR do something to rename all of the files first?

    Thanks
  • 4 Comments
  •     steve June 6, 2013 4:41AM
    To open the files with their current names - see screenshot, attached ("Batch append" block).
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  •     steve June 6, 2013 4:42AM
    To rename files in bulk - use a free bulk renamer utility, there are plenty you can find online.
  • SteveP June 6, 2013 5:15AM
    Thanks for those suggestions. It looks as if the batch append option may work for us.
  •     steve June 6, 2013 5:24AM
    You can also use Omniscope to bulk rename.

    - Use "File > Open folder of files/media", configuring appropriately, unselecting "In file content" (advanced option)

    - Edit the filenames in the Table view

    - Then use "File > Export > Apply tags to files".

    However a bug in Omniscope 2.8 may prevent this working correctly in certain cases - fixed in tonight's build (2.8 b968).

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