Need a program or technique to rename files in sequences

Factual Questions
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I’m going to have a series of files like file1 file2 file3 - hundreds of these files. I need to be able to cut out any file(s) and then rename all subsequent files to maintain the sequence.

In other words, if I have file1, file2, file3, file4, file5, file6, file7, I need to be able to delete file3 and file4 and have something rename file5 to become the new file3, file 6 to become the new file4, etc.

ie the sequence should go from file1, file2, file3, file4, file5, file6, file7, delete file3/file4, then become file1, file2, file3(originally file5), file4(originally file6), file5(originally file7)

Is there a program or some sort of batch commands or something I can do to achieve this?

2

You can do it pretty easily with Bulk Rename Utility, either with the GUI or the command-line version.

3

Yup. I use AF5; different program that does the same thing.

4

Neither of those are terribly user friendly. Would you mind giving me instructions on how I’d accomplish my specific task? You could use generic examples.

5

Is that the actual file name format, numbers at the end? How many digits and are they zero-padded? What controls the order of the names if the numbers are at the end, is it just alphabetical?

ETA Are there duplicate names if the numbers are removed?

6

It’s a sequence from a digital camera, so it’s very uniform. The files are K500XXXX.jpg and .dng

In this case, I will be removing K5001841.jpg (and .dng) through K5002388.jpg

I want K5002389 through K5002468 to become the new K5001841 through K5001920

Of course in this case I could just manually rename the 150 or so files, but I plan on using this technique again so I would like to find a way to automate it.

7

How I’d go about it in BNR (box #)

Select the folder
(12) .jpg
Select file K5002389.jpg through K5001920.jpg
(5) Last n=4
(10) Mode Suffix, Start=1841, Incr.=1
Rename
(12).dng
Select file K5002389.dng through K5001920.dng
Rename

You could select and rename all of each file type at once if they are all numbered without gaps (If zero-padded select number of pad digits in box 10).

8

Perfect, that works, thanks a lot.

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I meant select file K5002389 through K5002468 but I guess you figured that out :smiley: