[dragon5]

Hello, I need to add the characters 'tn_' (not the qoutes) to the front of over 1000 .jpg file names. Example:

Current name: picture.jpg, needs to be changed to, tn_picture.jpg.

Each jpg name is unique.

I am looking for a way to do this without having to manually change each and every one.

Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks
Tom

[Davec]

Assuming your filenames are not to long, use the rename command at the command prompt. Move all files to the same directory.

To change sample.jpg and sample2.jpg in the directory c:\temp, the command would be:

rename c:\temp\*.jpg tn_*.jpg

[dragon5]

Thanks, it's been 25 yrears since I did any DOS stuff! I just couldn't remeber the command/syntax.
Tom

[JohnWill]

25 years ago, DOS was not yet around. That came in 1981...

[dragon5]

Originally Posted by JohnWill

25 years ago, DOS was not yet around. That came in 1981...

Sorry, 24 years ago! I think you still got the point! First computer: Radio Shack 2k with cassette drive! Remember Pong?

[Stoner]

Irfanview can batch rename those, with 'tn' infront of the original name..

[floyd11]

I use a free program called filerenamer.exe by publicWare. Works great for a number of those type of functions.
Floyd

[BanditFlyer]

Originally Posted by dragon5

Remember Pong?

I think I'm too young for Pong, but when I was in high school, a video game called Pong-Combat came out that was a spoof of Pong. It used the bloody finishing moves("fatality") from the video game "Mortal Combat" whenever one player lost a pong ball.

I searched and searched for that game on the internet but haven't managed to find it. Anybody else heard of it?

[dragon5]

Originally Posted by floyd11

I use a free program called filerenamer.exe by publicWare. Works great for a number of those type of functions.
Floyd

Thanks, but this program will not keep the original name and just add the prefix 'tn_' to all files.
Tom

[dragon5]

Originally Posted by Stoner

Irfanview can batch rename those, with 'tn' infront of the original name..

All right, I surrender! I can't figure this program? Stoner, how about a little handholding here!
Tom

[BanditFlyer]

Tom,

Davec posted a reply that I think was the best solution. BTW, if it was me, I would've downloaded cygwin(a utility to make windows resemble unix) and done a grep command

Have you tried Davec's solution?

[Stoner]

Originally Posted by dragon5

All right, I surrender! I can't figure this program? Stoner, how about a little handholding here!
Tom

Sure thing
Open Irfanview.
File>>batch conversion/rename>>add the .jpg file/files to window>>at botom of current Irfanview window, under name pattern, write in 'tn_$N' and press the start button in the top left corner of that window. You can write over the file, but Irfanview recomends saving the renamed file to a new folder.


I hope that helps.


I'd save to a new folder, for safety's sake

[Stoner]

Don't forget to chose 'batch rename' _

[dragon5]

Originally Posted by Stoner

Sure thing
Open Irfanview.
File>>batch conversion/rename>>add the .jpg file/files to window>>at botom of current Irfanview window, under name pattern, write in 'tn_$N' and press the start button in the top left corner of that window. You can write over the file, but Irfanview recomends saving the renamed file to a new folder.


I hope that helps.


I'd save to a new folder, for safety's sake

Aaaaahh! Worked perfectly. Thank You! Sometimes hard to see the forest through the trees.
Tom

[Stoner]

Glad to help