I recently had a need for renaming thousands of files in one swoop. I don't usually recommend Java programs, but when Java works and its used right, it works well - and its cross-platform!. So...without further ado.... jRename It worked pretty well, just a little confusing to use. Thank God it previews before committing. Read the How to page before using. Unfortunately it doesn't hold up well with tons of files and folders. I ended up using an alternative that is for Mac OS X only and suited my need perfectly. Automator Simply start a Custom project, throw in these actions in order:
Adjust "Rename Finder Items" to your criteria. Add multiple Rename Finder Items as you see fit. If you want to rename sub-items of the selected folder then checkmark "Repeat for each subfolder found" in the "Get Folder Contents" action. A third way to do this in a Unix/Linux/OSX Terminal is to use the FIND command with the -exec switch. The brackets "{}" can be used in the sub-command to identify the path to the file in the resulting list. Try this for starters: find . -exec echo {} \;That should list the files/folders that it finds in the current directory. Test carefully with other commands like MV or RENAME. |
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