Renaming with sequential letters

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DOpus is great, but I have a question...

Is there a code for using sequential letters for renaming files, similar to the code for sequential numbers [#]? I have looked everywhere in your forum and cannot find it.

I would like to do the following rename:
file1, file2, file3, file4...
001a, 001b, 001c, 001d.... (neglecting the extension)

In the renaming window:
Old name: (.).(.)
New name: [#].\2 <-- replace [#] with [?]

Thanks,
Mark

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Currently you can only do this with a rename script. Using vbscript (or similar).

3

I use Flash Renamer for this:

rlvision.com/flashren/about.asp

Very useful in all situations. It is worth its price.

4

Thanks. I too have used a more powerful stand-alone file renaming utility, but it kind of defeats the purpose of DOpus as an all-in-one file handler.

5

I'm sure there are things Opus's renamer can do which Flash Renamer can't. Does that defeat the purpose of Flash Renamer as a dedicated renaming tool? :slight_smile:

If you want to request renaming using letters instead of numbers then you should send GPSoftware a note via their support form that's linked in my signature.

Or maybe someone here who knows VBScript will create the rename script for you.

I don't understand the sequence you want:

001a, 001b, 001c, 001d

It's using letters and numbers. Where does the 001 come from? What happens after 001z?

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Something along the same lines but I want to remove sequential numbering from several files. How do I do this?

The files I have go something like this:

001 -UNIQUE_FILENAME.mp3
002 -UNIQUE_FILENAME.mp3
003 -UNIQUE_FILENAME.mp3
004 -UNIQUE_FILENAME.mp3
005 -UNIQUE_FILENAME.mp3

And I want this for each of the files:

UNIQUE_FILENAME.mp3

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[quote="darkhelmet"]Something along the same lines but I want to remove sequential numbering from several files. How do I do this?

The files I have go something like this:

001 -UNIQUE_FILENAME.mp3
002 -UNIQUE_FILENAME.mp3
003 -UNIQUE_FILENAME.mp3
004 -UNIQUE_FILENAME.mp3
005 -UNIQUE_FILENAME.mp3

And I want this for each of the files:

UNIQUE_FILENAME.mp3[/quote]

Old Name: [0-9]+ -(.*)
New Name: \1
Type: Regular Expressions

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Copy/Pasted exactly as you posted, changed Type to Regular Expressions - nothing changed.

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10

Got it thank you very much.

Is there a tutorial, or someplace I can learn about these functions; I would have never figured this out on my own?

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There are several in the Rename Scripting area.