Bulk rename automation/schedule

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Bulk rename automation/schedule

Postby yankeefan1188 » Thu Oct 31, 2024 12:37 am

Hello all, I have seen a few posts similar to what i'm trying to do, but not quite exactly, and most of them are quite old at this point, so perhaps there are new ways to do this. What I am trying to do is apply the same renaming scheme/rules to a collection of folders, all in the same directory as follows:

-Root folder
--sub-folder 1
--sub-folder 2
--sub-folder 3

at time of writing, there are over 500 folders, which is why i want this to apply to all folders in Root to keep it easier. i have already renamed all the current files based on the rule "folder name_####", but i would like all files added to any of the sub-folders to get renamed like that as well. this also doesn't have to be a real-time thing, even having it happen once a day is fine.

does anyone have any guidance on the best way to achieve this?
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Re: Bulk rename automation/schedule

Postby Admin » Thu Oct 31, 2024 7:07 am

Hi, in BRU itself are the moment there's no automation available, you would need to do the rename manually....
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Re: Bulk rename automation/schedule

Postby therube » Fri Nov 01, 2024 4:28 pm

You could save your rename as a .bru,
then create a desktop shortcut that runs that .bru,
& click it once a day or so.

So a shortcut something like:
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"C:\Program Files\Bulk Rename Utility\Bulk Rename Utility.exe" fixmyfilenames.bru

& fixmyfilenames.bru would have the settings you want to use for your rename.
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