Hi David,
In answer to your question, yes, you can still use wild cards in the
rename.
How are the files named now and how do you want them to look?
Reed
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Walt Smith
Sent: 2007/02/08 09:43
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Renaming a large batch
You could do that if you could build the necessary "stepping" into the
batch
file; that is, if you could get it to increment by 1 and rename the files.
I'm not very swift when it comes to the old batch language, so I can't
really be much help writing something. How are they named at the moment?
The
answer to your basic question is that you can run batch files using the
same
old batch language directly from the Run dialog.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Allen" <wd8ldy@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 4:34 AM
Subject: [bookport] Renaming a large batch
Hi list:
I was contacted by a book port user with this question tonight. Since the
answer is not one I recall, though I feel sure it has been discussed here,
I
thought I should pass it on in the hope that someone would refresh my
memory.
They have a book containing a few hundred MP3 files. The problem is they
aren't named in exactly the way I'd prefer. What's the easiest way of
renaming such a large number of files in one simple step.
Can you just write a batch file as of old and use the ren command using
wild
cards?
Cheers,
Dave
