A request to a programmer

[IceBlaZe]

Hello,
Sometimes in a directory I have a bunch of files named, something like:

Untitled-1.*
untitled-2.*
untitled.*
untitled-5.*
untitled-whatever-whatever.*

etc etc.

I want a program that will rename the untitled part in each of the files in that certain directory to something I specify, and leave the other things.

Is it possible? Can someone do this?

Thanks,
Eyal

 

[King of Camelot]

Just a few questions: Will ALL the files you want to rename start with Untitled? The new name you specify, will it be the same for all files?

Is this the kind of thing you want it to do:
ie. Untitled-1 --> Essay-1
ie. Untitled-whatever --> Picture-whatever

Just leave the part after the Untitled part right?

 

[Thunderfall]

Flash Renamer seems like the program you need:

http://download.com.com/3000-2248-8026907.html?tag=lst-0-13

From the developer: "Tired of renaming all your files by hand? With Flash Renamer you can rename hundreds of files in single click! This is the ultimate utility for batch renaming files and directories. With 11 powerful, yet easy to use automation tools, you'll discover a new way of mass file management. Flash Renamer is especially useful for handling large archives, such as music and image collections. Features include Mp3 renaming, convert case, find & replace, set attributes, add & crop, free format, detect filetype, space trimming, sequential renaming, number normalizing, simulation mode & undo."
Required runtime files are included in the download. For a smaller download (400kb) without runtime files, visit the homepage.

 

[IceBlaZe]

Thanks TF. I'll look into it.

 

[IceBlaZe]

And yeah KoC, you got that right.
But it needs to do it en masse.

 

[GIDustin]

you could do this from DOS

ren Untitled*.* NewPrefix*.*

Should work, I hope That is how I mass rename leaderheads for my web page.