| User | Thread poster: Emma Goldsmith Suggestions for file renaming applications please. |
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Emma Goldsmith 
Spain
Local time: 08:59
  Member (2010)
Spanish to English
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I've got about 100 files that I want to rename. All I want to do is add _EN onto the end of each one.
Can anyone suggest an application that they use and would recommend for this task?
Thanks!
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Dominique Pivard
Finland
Local time: 09:59
Finnish to French
| | Try Bulk Rename Utility | Dec 19, 2011 |
Emma Goldsmith wrote:
I've got about 100 files that I want to rename. All I want to do is add _EN onto the end of each one.
Can anyone suggest an application that they use and would recommend for this task?
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http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk
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Ulrika Mansson
Sweden
German to Swedish
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| | or windows commander! | Dec 19, 2011 |
http://www.ghisler.com/
Files -> Multi-rename Tool and and write what ever you want to add before or after the name in the first field. Very easy, very fast.
Ulrika
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FarkasAndras
Hungary
Local time: 08:59
English to Hungarian
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Ulrika Mansson wrote:
http://www.ghisler.com/
Files -> Multi-rename Tool and and write what ever you want to add before or after the name in the first field. Very easy, very fast.
Ulrika |
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No need to say more. TCMD is a civilized Windows user's first option for bulk file renaming.
BTW, for particularly complex rename jobs I use a batch file. It's fairly easy to do and gives you the power to do anything you want. The batch file is a txt with a .bat extension, containing "ren "oldfilename" "newfilename"", one rename job per line. It's pretty easy to generate the .bat using TCMD (to grab a list of the original file names) and some combination of Excel, MS Word and Notepad++ (for regex support). If you have 1000 files and you need to replace spaces with _ in the filenames, or remove the third letter of each name unless the filename contains the letter k, or replace, remove or add any string, you can get in done in a minute with this system.
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Dominique Pivard
Finland
Local time: 09:59
Finnish to French
| | Geeky, not civilized | Dec 19, 2011 |
FarkasAndras wrote:
No need to say more. TCMD is a civilized Windows user's first option for bulk file renaming.
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I'd say "geeky" rather than "civilized". Batch files, regex, command prompts and the like are not necessarily the typical translator's first choice.
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FarkasAndras
Hungary
Local time: 08:59
English to Hungarian
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Dominique Pivard wrote:
FarkasAndras wrote:
No need to say more. TCMD is a civilized Windows user's first option for bulk file renaming.
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I'd say "geeky" rather than "civilized". Batch files, regex, command prompts and the like are not necessarily the typical translator's first choice. |
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... which is why I say TCMD (Total Commander) is a civilized Windows user's first option. Using TCMD doesn't require you to know a first thing about batch files, regex or the command prompt. It's a simple and foolproof but powerful GUI solution. I'd be willing to bet my Spanish dictionary that it's not more difficult to use than whatever bulkrenameutility.co.uk has to offer.
[Edited at 2011-12-19 21:27 GMT]
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Michael Grant
Japan
Local time: 15:59
Japanese to English
| | Advanced Renamer | Dec 20, 2011 |
I use the free, drag and drop: Advanced Renamer (www.advancedrenamer.com).
It has all kinds of options for choosing new file names, gives you a preview of the new names, and indicates whether there would be any conflicts between file names.
I highly recommend it!
MGrant
[Edited at 2011-12-20 00:46 GMT]
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Dominique Pivard
Finland
Local time: 09:59
Finnish to French
| | Let the original poster choose what she needs | Dec 20, 2011 |
FarkasAndras wrote:
... which is why I say TCMD (Total Commander) is a civilized Windows user's first option. Using TCMD doesn't require you to know a first thing about batch files, regex or the command prompt. It's a simple and foolproof but powerful GUI solution. I'd be willing to bet my Spanish dictionary that it's not more difficult to use than whatever bulkrenameutility.co.uk has to offer.
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OK, I won't argue with that. The original poster (Emma) can choose what she wants: a commercial Swiss-army knife that also slices bread or a free utility that does just what she asked. Sometimes, when all you need is drive a nail in, a hammer is sufficient...
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Emma Goldsmith
Spain
Local time: 08:59
Member (2010)
Spanish to English
TOPIC STARTER | | Thanks everyone | Dec 20, 2011 |
Thanks everyone for your suggestions and lively discussion!
In the end I downloaded Total Commander and it did the job for me in a split second.
Thanks again,
Emma
@ Dominique. Hopefully I'll learn to cut more than just sliced bread with it
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Dominique Pivard
Finland
Local time: 09:59
Finnish to French
| | Do tell us if you end up buying it! | Dec 20, 2011 |
Emma Goldsmith wrote:
@ Dominique. Hopefully I'll learn to cut more than just sliced bread with it |
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Do tell us if you find it useful enough by the end of the trial period to purchase it!
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Stanislav Pokorny
Czech Republic
Local time: 08:59
Member (2009)
English to Czech
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FarkasAndras wrote:
... which is why I say TCMD (Total Commander) is a civilized Windows user's first option. |
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It is anyways for those of us who grew up on Norton Commander back in DOS times.
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Emma Goldsmith
Spain
Local time: 08:59
Member (2010)
Spanish to English
TOPIC STARTER | | Bulk Rename Utility | Mar 16 |
Dominique Pivard wrote:
Do tell us if you end up buying it!
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A very late update to say that I didn't buy Total Commander in the end, and thanks to your recommendation I'm now a happy user of Bulk Rename Utility.
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