renaming : Java Glossary

The abilities of the command line processor to rename files, particularly multiple files are quite weak, and often surprising.

One technique I use to create a bat file, perhaps with programmatic help, to do to the individual renames. Another is to write a oneshot program to do it.

Another approach is to use some sort of bulk renaming utility.

Bulk Rename Utility

• Use the selections (12) filter box to insert your wildcard to select your files.
• Even after you have used a wildcard, you must select the findings before it will process the files.
• When you do a replace (3), make sure you have the box ticked to enable the feature.
• When you do a replace, don’t include the extension.