Batch file rename to date taken software#

So if I can get the Date string pre-pended to the filenames before I upload them, then in the DVD making software I can sort by file name and it will be a de-facto Date sort. Why? I need to upload these files to a DVD making software and have them processed chronologically, but the DVD making software doesn't look at the Date column so the only other option is to sort them by filename. I've tried software like ReNamer and the Bulk Renaming Utility as outlined in this question's answers and while those allow you to append based on some date columns like Created Date and Modified Date, neither of those allow the use of the plain 'ol Date column. The tricky part is the use of the Date column. Thanks for reading this article.I've got a list of a few hundred files that I need renamed by appending a modified version of the Date column to the front of the file name.

Batch file rename to date taken install#

So, that’s how you install and use KRename on KDE Plasma Desktop Environment. Once you’re done, click on Finish for the rename operation to take place. If you need it later, you can click on Load Settings… and load the pattern.Īs you can see, timezone is replaced with TZ.

To save the pattern, click on Save Settings… and save it somewhere safe. If the find and replace pattern is something that you use very frequently, then you can also save it and load it latter. If you want to match regular expressions, then put the regular expression in the Find section and check Find is a Regular Expression. Now, type in what you want to find in the Find section, then what you want to replace with in the Replace With section. Now, click on Add… to add a new find and replace pattern. To do that, click on the Find and Replace… button as marked in the screenshot below. You can also use regular expression to match and replace strings in your filename. If you want, you can also search for strings and replace them. You can also set custom extension the same way as before. The same way, you can convert the extension to lower case, upper case or capitalize it from the Extension section. Here, $ is replaced by the original filename. I added the current date after the filename using one of the predefined template. Now, you can either set a custom name, or select from many predefined options as you saw earlier. You will more likely want to set a custom name depending on your need.

You can also change the filename to Uppercase, lowercase or Capitalize it from the Filename section. So, I am not showing you this again here. The same way, you can choose a Suffix (to add after the filename, before the extension). Select what you want to put in your filename and click on Insert.Īs you can see, I’ve added option and the file names are updated in the preview section. If you want more complex option, click on the icon as marked in the screenshot below.Īs you can see, there are many categories and each category has a lot of options to choose from. If you want to add something after the number, you can put it in the empty text box right next to the prefix checkbox. You can use it to add a prefix on your existing filename.Īs you can see, the Number is inserted before the file. Here, on the left, you have the original file names and on the right, you have the renamed file names. On the bottom you have a handy preview window as you can see in the screenshot below. To rename your files, you have to go to the Filename tab. But, if you want to move or copy the files to another folder after the rename operation, or create symbolic links to the files in another folder, you can do it from here with one of the options as marked in the screenshot below. The default option Rename input files is what you want. Normally you don’t have to do anything from here. Now, select the files that you want to rename and click on Open.Īll the files that you want to rename should be opened. You can click on the Add… button to add the files that you want to rename. The first thing you have to do is to add some files to KRename.

Batch file rename to date taken how to#

In the next section of this article, I will show you how to use KRename to bulk rename your files. Once KRename is installed, you can start KRename from KDE Application Launcher > Applications > Utilities > KRename as marked in the screenshot below. Once you find it, click on Install as marked in the screenshot below. You can also install KRename from the Software Center of KDE 5 Plasma Desktop.įirst, open Software Center from KDE Application Launcher > Applications > System > Discover as marked in the screenshot below. Now, press y and then press to confirm the installation.