How to change file names?

That is how to change, using Windows XP or Another prog, a number of file
names in one go as apposed to one at a time?

I have 300 files named P1001.jpg - P1300.jpg

How to change to P1001A.jpg - P1300A.jpg

or, better still....

to T1.jpg - T300.jpg

Thanks,
John

"John Smith" wrote in message
...
That is how to change, using Windows XP or Another prog, a number of file
names in one go as apposed to one at a time?


I use ACDSee to do that.

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 08:36:18 -0000, John Smith wrote:

I have 300 files named P1001.jpg - P1300.jpg

How to change to P1001A.jpg - P1300A.jpg

A program isn't needed for relatively simple renames. In a DOS
window, type

REN ?????.* ?????A.* Enter


or, better still....

to T1.jpg - T300.jpg

I was afraid of that. Short of doing it with a program, you
could repeat the above command line three times (don't change the
order), assuming that these should also be renamed by appending an
'A', like so:

REN ????.jpg ????A.jpg Enter
REN ???.jpg ???A.jpg Enter
REN ??.jpg ??A.jpg Enter

If this would have to be done often, a batch file could be used,
and command line parameters could be used for added flexibility.

Goto http://musicsucks.com/CKSoft/CKRename/ and download the excellent
CKRename...
This allows you to batch rename, add incrementing numbers ets. etc.
It's free too ;-)

Guy

"John Smith" wrote in message
...
That is how to change, using Windows XP or Another prog, a number of file
names in one go as apposed to one at a time?

I have 300 files named P1001.jpg - P1300.jpg

How to change to P1001A.jpg - P1300A.jpg

or, better still....

to T1.jpg - T300.jpg

Thanks,
John

John Smith wrote:

: or, better still....

: to T1.jpg - T300.jpg

One suggestion. In this case it would be preferable to use T001.jpg to
T300.jpg. Otherwise the T199 will come just before T2 in the file
listings. But if you keep the same number of digits for all the numeric
"fields" the files will list in fully numeric order easily.

Randy

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Randy Berbaum
Champaign, IL

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 08:36:18 -0000, "John Smith" wrote:

That is how to change, using Windows XP or Another prog, a number of file
names in one go as apposed to one at a time?

I have 300 files named P1001.jpg - P1300.jpg

How to change to P1001A.jpg - P1300A.jpg

or, better still....

to T1.jpg - T300.jpg

Select them all and hit F2

This is the best renamer I know.
http://www.123renamer.com/
--
Dimitris M

That is how to change, using Windows XP or Another prog, a number of file
names in one go as apposed to one at a time?

That is how to change, using Windows XP or Another prog, a number of file
names in one go as apposed to one at a time?

I have 300 files named P1001.jpg - P1300.jpg

How to change to P1001A.jpg - P1300A.jpg

or, better still....

to T1.jpg - T300.jpg

http://www.1-4a.com/rename/

Steve wrote on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:36:25 GMT:

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This problem came up a while ago and "billious" and I had a
longish exchange. Finally, the most practical method, apart from
acquiring a prepared program, appeared to be to set up a batch
file for the job. Rename is a DOS command and the batch file can
easily be built with Word.

James Silverton
Potomac Maryland.

The program I use for this purpose is Rename Master (freeware) available
he

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/renamemaster.html

Roger


John Smith wrote:
That is how to change, using Windows XP or Another prog, a number of file
names in one go as apposed to one at a time?

I have 300 files named P1001.jpg - P1300.jpg

How to change to P1001A.jpg - P1300A.jpg

or, better still....

to T1.jpg - T300.jpg