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Renaming a large number of files
I have a large number of files (3000+) in a single folder.
The format for naming them is in two different 'styles'.
One way is 'Project - Results.ext'. The other is 'Results - Project.ext'. There is always a hyphen seperating the terms.
Does anyone know of a simple way to rename either set (not a problem to put the 2 sets in seperate folders) so that they only use one 'style'???
The only other way would be to do them manually 8-(
Help appreciated
Running Win 7
The format for naming them is in two different 'styles'.
One way is 'Project - Results.ext'. The other is 'Results - Project.ext'. There is always a hyphen seperating the terms.
Does anyone know of a simple way to rename either set (not a problem to put the 2 sets in seperate folders) so that they only use one 'style'???
The only other way would be to do them manually 8-(
Help appreciated
Running Win 7
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I've used this one with success in trhe past
http://www.finebytes.com/mfr/overview.asp
That said, copy the directory listing into a '.bat' file, and use a decent text editor with 'global replace' and 'macro' facilities, and it's not too difficult to create a batch file that will do the job.
http://www.finebytes.com/mfr/overview.asp
That said, copy the directory listing into a '.bat' file, and use a decent text editor with 'global replace' and 'macro' facilities, and it's not too difficult to create a batch file that will do the job.
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