Alternative application tips for file batch renaming

Working life, we often need to rename a large number of files, because the volume of Windows itself is too weak to achieve the requirements, so we are everywhere looking for a variety of batch renaming tools ... In fact, your computer probably already has a powerful tool that can be renamed in batches.

ACDSee not only can look at pictures but also batch rename

Many people have installed the computer ACDSee, but it also has the ability to batch rename files. There will be a slight difference in the ACDSee version, with ACDSee 5 as an example.

Start ACDSee First, switch to browse, open the folder where the picture is located, and select all the files you want to rename in the ACDSee Manager window.

If you want to do a batch renaming of a file by some sort rule, you need to sort the file before the rename operation. In addition, if you display only pictures and audio files in the ACDSee Browse window and do not display other types of files, you need to select other file types in the filter option.

and then right-click on the file, select the batch Rename menu, open the Batch Rename dialog box, and select the Use template Rename File option in the dialog box. Depending on your needs, select the Replace with number # or Replace with letter # option, and enter the ordinal number to begin in the edit box after start in.

in the template edit box, enter a new file name and add a number of "#" symbols in the location where you want to rename the batch, such as adding a two-digit number to the end of the file, and then enter "Linear Accelerator # #".　　

in the preview bar, you can see a list of file names before and after the changes.

Finally, when you are sure, click the OK button to complete the batch automatic renaming.

Tip: If you are a photo file, you can also insert EXIF metadata into the file name by inserting the photo date, ISO value, focal length, and so on.

Total Commander A regular expression implements complex renaming

Total Commander (TC) is also a resource manager used by many people, it is a superb management of files, renaming is a piece of cake for it. Take a look at the example below. The old Zhang, who opens a bar, wants to organize the song Library of the bar, mainly the naming conventions for unified songs, such as "Sun Nan-Save (play)-Mandarin -2150133.mpg" renamed "Save (play) _ Sun Nan. mpg". If you take a purely hand-operated approach, though it can be done, it is obviously quite troublesome. If you encounter this kind of difficulty, you can use the TC's "regular-style" function to achieve. The

first sets the related song files to a temporary directory, presses the "ctrl+m" combination to open the Batch rename window, finds find and replace, and the lookup is set to "(. *)-(. *)-.*-d+". Represents any character, "*" for 0 or more times, using parentheses to represent the subexpression, "D" denotes a number, "+" means one or more times, together, naturally, means "2150133"; Replace with "Enter" $2_$1, where "$" denotes what the expression in the second bracket matches. "" means the first bracketed expression matches, check the "regular" check box, at this time we can see in the preview box below the effect of renaming, after checking, click Start　　It's OK.

for regular bulk rename operations, use ACDSee to complete. If you need to rename the situation is more complex, the requirement is relatively high, then the TC powerful batch renaming function can be a great help. The benefit of the two software is that it can be previewed before the final change to the effect of renaming.

If your computer does not have the above two software installed, you can also choose the mop name, Ken Rename, Freerename and so on, these gadgets are very good.