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- G6 Utilities (c) Gene6 SARL.
- Development: Gene6 SARL. (www.gene6.com)
- Version 1.6
- Dated February 2003
- WWWeb : http://www.gene6.com
- Email : utilities@gene6.com
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- HELP FILE
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-
- Strings Operations Tab :
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-
- String Replacement : You have the possibility to search and replace 4
- patterns in file names. Options are "All Occurences" which will search
- and replace all occurence of the pattern(s) in the file names, and
- "Ignore Case" which means the software won't differentiate the case of
- the searched pattern.
-
- Example :
- Input : 'D:\thisisatest.dat'
- Replace : 'test'
- By : 'joke'
- Output : 'D:\thisisajoke.dat'
-
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-
- String Insertion : You can insert a specified string at a specified
- position in the file names. Option is "Append Mode" which will insert
- the specified string at the end of the file names no matter of their
- length.
-
- Example :
- Input : 'D:\thisisajoke.date'
- Insert : 'good'
- Position : 8
- Ouput : 'D:\thisisagoodjoke.dat'
-
- Enumeration Tab :
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-
- You can rename the files using a counter. You can specify a string to
- insert before and after, or choose to keep the original file names (an
- extra space will be added to separate file names and counter in this
- case). Options are "Start Counting at" which allow you to choose the
- start value of the counter, "Number of digits" which allow you to
- specify how many digits the counter will have, and "Step" which is the
- value added to the counter between each iteration.
-
- Example :
- Input : 'D:\photo_of_my_dad.jpg',
- 'D:\photo_of_my_mom.jpg',
- 'D:\photo_of_my_bro.jpg'.
- Before Counter : 'photo_'
- After Counter : '_of_my_family_'
- Counter : 1/2/1
- Output : 'D:\photo_01_of_my_family.jpg',
- 'D:\photo_02_of_my_family.jpg',
- 'D:\photo_03_of_my_family.jpg'.
-
- Chars Deletion :
- ----------------
-
- You can remove a specified number of characters in the file names. You
- can specify the starting position or choose to remove the characters
- from the end of the file names. Option is to convert them to the 8.3
- format (old DOS format with 8 characters max).
-
- Example :
- Input : 'D:\photo_of_my_dad.jpg',
- 'D:\photo_of_my_mom.jpg',
- 'D:\photo_of_my_bro.jpg'.
- Number of chars to delete : 3
- Position : 9
- Output : 'D:\photo_of_dad.jpg',
- 'D:\photo_of_mom.jpg',
- 'D:\photo_of_bro.jpg'.
-
- Case Changing :
- ---------------
-
- You can change case of the file names. General : Lower Case will turn
- the file names to lower case, and Upper Case to upper case. Details :
- Upcase 1st character of the file names will upcase ONLY the first
- character and won't touch the rest. Upcase 1st character of each word
- will upcase ALL the firsts characters (you can specify a value to use
- as a word separator in case it's not the space). Cowboy mode will
- rename using alternates upper and lower case characters. Invert Current
- Case will turn upper to lower and lower to upper.
-
- Example :
- Input : 'D:\photo_of_my_dad.jpg',
- 'D:\photo_of_my_mom.jpg',
- 'D:\photo_of_my_bro.jpg'.
- Option : Upcase 1st character of each word with '_' as word separator
- Output : 'D:\Photo_Of_My_Dad.jpg',
- 'D:\Photo_Of_My_Mom.jpg',
- 'D:\Photo_Of_My_Bro.jpg'.
-
- Extension and attributes :
- --------------------------
-
- You can change extension of files. It doesn't convert files, only their
- names are touched. You can also change their attributes (ReadOnly,
- System, Hidden, Archive). Keep in mind that if you turn the files into
- readonly mode, you won't be able to rename them. You'll have to remove
- the readonly mode before renaming.
-
- MP3/VQF Tools :
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-
- You can rename MP3 and VQF files using their internal tags. Select a
- mask using patterns and then preview or process. You can save the list
- as a Winamp playlist. You can also remove the ID3 Tags from the MP3
- files.
-
- Example :
- Input : 'D:\Song01.mp3',
- 'D:\Song02.mp3',
- 'D:\Song03.mp3'.
- Mask : '%i.%a - %t'
- Output : 'D:\01.Avril Lavigne - Losing Grip.mp3',
- 'D:\02.Avril Lavigne - Complicated.mp3',
- 'D:\03.Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi.mp3'.
-
- Of course, ID3 Tags must be filled !
-
- Zip and Unzip :
- ---------------
-
- Zip : You can choose the compression level (max=9), choose to use a
- password and to include path in zip file. You can zip all the files
- from the list box into one big zip (Zip All) or you can zip each file
- of the list box into a different zip file.
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-
- Unzip : You can unzip all the files into their directory, a common
- directory, a new directory created for each file. You have the option
- to delete the zip file once it's unzipped.
-
- Dupes Finder :
- --------------
-
- You can search duplicate files from the list. G6 Utilities search for
- files with same size, then calculate the CRC32 (Checksum) of the files.
- You can View dupes, remove them from the list box, or to remove them
- from your hard drive. Very helpful if you have tons of files and you
- are too lazy to manually compare them.
-
- Files List :
- ------------
-
- You can rename the selected files using an ascii file containing their
- new names. You MUST specify if the ascii file contains path or not.
- Once the file is opened in G6 Utilities, you can edit it in a memo box
- (remove blank lines, unwanted path ...)
-
- Example :
- Input : 'D:\Song01.mp3',
- 'D:\Song02.mp3',
- 'D:\Song03.mp3'.
- ASCII File : '01.Avril Lavigne - Losing Grip.mp3
- 02.Avril Lavigne - Complicated.mp3
- 03.Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi.mp3'
- (one title per line).
- Option : The list DOESN'T contain path infos
- Output : 'D:\01.Avril Lavigne - Losing Grip.mp3',
- 'D:\02.Avril Lavigne - Complicated.mp3',
- 'D:\03.Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi.mp3'.
-
- Files Replacement :
- -------------------
-
- You can replace the selected files by the one selected. Useful when you
- have 10x the same file and you are too lazy to update each file.
-
- Example :
- Input : 'D:\site\english\intro.avi',
- 'D:\site\french\intro.avi',
- 'D:\site\german\intro.avi'.
- File to replace with : 'C:\Videos\Multi\brandnewintro.avi'
- Output : 'D:\site\english\intro.avi' **UPDATED**
- 'D:\site\french\intro.avi' **UPDATED**
- 'D:\site\german\intro.avi' **UPDATED**
-
- SFV/MD5 Tools :
- ---------------
-
- You can create a SFV (or MD5) file containing checksum for each file of
- the list box. Option : WinSFV32 compatible (using a special tag in the
- top of the file). You can also verify a SFV (or MD5) file. Option :
- Auto Rename corrupted files to BAD_blahblah.mp3
-
- Description of CRC (used by SFV) :
- Abbreviation of cyclic redundancy check, a common technique for
- detecting data transmission errors. A number of file transfer
- protocols, including Zmodem, use CRC in addition to checksum.
-
- Description of MD5 :
- An algorithm created in 1991 by Professor Ronald Rivest that is used to
- create digital signatures. It is intended for use with 32 bit machines
- and is safer than the MD4 algorithm, which has been broken. MD5 is a
- one-way hash function, meaning that it takes a message and converts it
- into a fixed string of digits, also called a message digest.
- When using a one-way hash function, one can compare a calculated
- message digest against the message digest that is decrypted with a
- public key to verify that the message hasn't been tampered with. This
- comparison is called a "hashcheck."
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