Bulk renaming files

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How can I mass rename files from the command line or using a 3rd party tool?

So I have a series of files with the following format Their real file name followed by the date.

file_1_12DEC2011.pdf
file_2_12DEC2011.pdf
file_3_12DEC2011.pdf
file_4_12DEC2011.pdf
file_5_12DEC2011.pdf

I am trying to figure out How I can Increment the day by one day. For instance, this would be my desired result.

file_1_13DEC2011.pdf
file_2_13DEC2011.pdf
file_3_13DEC2011.pdf
file_4_13DEC2011.pdf
file_5_13DEC2011.pdf

Does it *have* to be from the command-line? – Synetech Feb 12 '12 at 06:51 — Synetech, Feb 12 '12 at 06:51

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 12 '12 at 03:33

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Bulk Rename Utility is a great tool for this. Offers a choice of regexes, fixed index changes (that is what you should go for probably) and a host of other options.

answered Feb 12 '12 at 03:33

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '12 at 06:37

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For this specific example case ren *12DEC*.* ???????13*.* from a command prompt should work.

answered Feb 12 '12 at 06:37

Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007

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That was just an example; they would have to edit and repeat the command for each and every day (which would quickly become problematic without some sort of recursion-preventing attention). – Synetech Feb 12 '12 at 06:49

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 12 '12 at 06:54

If it does not have to be a command-line tool, then my advanced file-renaming program of choice is Cylog’s Wildren. In your case, you would combine the regular-expression function with the counter function. It can also simulate the rename operations so that you can check if your parameters are correct before doing it for real.

Bulk renaming files

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