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Short: Rename lots of files to a given pattern
Author: Korodny@gmx.net (Christoph Gutjahr)
Uploader: Korodny@gmx.net (Christoph Gutjahr)
Version: 1.0
Status: Freeware
Requires: DirOpus4
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- INTRODUCTION -
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Pattern.dopus is a collection of three ARexx scripts that rename lots of files
to a given pattern in one go. You can define a 'name pattern' (i.e.
"frame?.jpg") and a starting number (i.e. "1").
Output for the above example would be:
frame1.jpg
frame2.jpg
frame3.jpg
.....
There are three scripts: One renames files to a given pattern
("Rename2Pattern.dopus"), one moves and renames files to a given pattern
("Move2Pattern.dopus", a bit like DOpus' internal function "MoveAs") and one
copies and renames files to a given pattern ("Copy2Pattern.dopus", like the
internal function "CopyAs").
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- INSTALLATION -
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Copy the scripts to any place on your HardDisk ("DOpus:Rexx/" recommended) and
configure a Menu-item/Button/Hotkey in DirOpus and give it an appropriate
name. The corresponding action should be configured like this:
AREXX: DOpus:Rexx/<name of the script>
That's all. No flags etc. needed.
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- USAGE -
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Select a bunch of files you want to copy/move/rename and start appropriate
script.
A requester will pop up, asking you for a name pattern. A name pattern MUST
contain a question mark ("frame?.jpg" is a valid name pattern for example),
which will later be replaced by numbers to distinguish between files.
If the name pattern contains more than one question mark (i.e. "frame???.jpg),
the inserted numbers will be 'stretched' to fit the number of question marks
(i.e. "frame001.jpg" "frame002.jpg" etc.).
A send requester will ask you for the starting number, then the renaming/
copying/moving will be started.
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- Copyright and disclaimer -
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Use this at your own risk. No warranties of any kind are made as to the
functionality of this program.
This is distributed under the GNU Public license. Do with it whatever you
want.