Krename (ver. 3.0.13-Oubuntu1) Mini Howto for linux. (I am using ubuntu 7.04 and kde)  :-)      Back to Main Page

This is a very short version, and if you want to know more, go to the Internet etc.

This howto is without any guarantee, and you may use it on your own responsibility only.

There may be errors, but I do not want to use too much time to  write this howto.

To check specific words you may try: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page  (search).    



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The programs main  dialog

Select the directory with the files to be renamed

Template

Here is another example

Note: After renaming


Krename is a program for renaming batches of filenames.

When you start it the first time, you see a dialog  for choosing how you like Krename:



Choose "Use tabbed GUI" (see above) - "OK"                                                                                                                        Back to the Index of Page



Then the programs main  dialog  opens up (see above) - the Files tab is selected (upper left) - then click the "Add" button (upper right), to select

the files which are to be renamed:                                                                                                                                    Back to the Index of Page



When the (see above) dialog opens, select the directory with the files to be renamed ("/home/niels3/nua/"), then "ctrl+left click" on one of the

filenames, and then click "ctrl+a" to select all files - and finally click the "Open" button:



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When the filenames are selected (see above), (can take a long time with many filenames), click on the "Filename Tab" (top middle):



Template (see above): The "$" represents the original name of each file, that's everything before the ".jpg" (or whatever) extension.

Only the last dot with extension (here ".jpg") is not contained in the "$" name, but is kept on all filenames.        Back to the Index of Page

If you write "kkk$sss", then all the filenames will get "kkk" before -and "sss" after the original name like "kkkalexandrasss.jpg" and leave the

".jpg"

If you  keep the "$" and add "###", like "$###" all the filenames will get a number starting with 001 added to its name, counting up with 1 for

each file (e.g. "alexandra001.jpg" - fred002 - etc.).

"#" means start number 1, "##" means start number 01", "###" means start number 001, etc.

If you have more than 1000 files to rename, you must use "####", to cover all the filenames.

If you add "###" before the "$" the numbers bill be added before the name.

When you edit the Template, the changes will be reflected in the bigger lower window (see below):


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When finished editing the template, click the "Finish" button (above), and the renaming  will begin, showing a progress bar:



Then click the "Close" button to  close the program.

Here is another example, where the "$" has been replaced with "myfiles", and "#" added to the end, so all the files will now have the same

name, but with an increasing number added to the end of each filename ("myfiles1.jpg, myfiles2.jpg, myfiles3.jpg etc).

Please note the "Origin" -and "Renamed" filenames in the big  window (below):                                                                Back to the Index of Page



Note: After renaming, all the original filenames will be changed, so you might first copy all the files to another directory before the

renaming, if you want to keep the original filenames.
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