I have an uncommon, but very well known fictional first name. I've never met anyone else with it, but everyone knows it. I like my name and it's who I am, but I get tired of having to talk about it with everyone I meet.
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 13, 2012 -
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Is there a way to find out the filename associated with a specific FILE * pointer? (OS: Red Hat EL 5)
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posted by tckma
on Apr 12, 2012 -
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How can I batch rename filenames to match a list from another folder (or text file) on a Mac?
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posted by snarkle
on Nov 7, 2011 -
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Unix wizards: How the heck can I sequentially rename a bunch of files to 001, 002, etc.,
without using a shell script?
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posted by neckro23
on Nov 2, 2011 -
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Wordpress.org Links Widget Problem: This seems like it should be relatively easy, but I can't figure it out – Is there a way I can change the titles of the Wordpress Links Widgets (Blogroll)
as seen in the admin panel? I'm using many instances of the the links widget for different groups of links (trust me that there's a good reason for this), and currently what I see in my sidebar section in the Widgets area of the admin panel is a column of LINKS, LINKS, LINKS, LINKS, etc., when what I want to see is LINKS Topic A, LINKS Topic B, LINKS Topic C, etc.
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posted by taz
on Aug 17, 2011 -
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I want to write a batch file that will let me change the extensions of all the files of a certain type (so, like, "ren *.nco *.zip") through all of the sub-directories in a directory. If this is possible, how is it done?
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posted by The Great Big Mulp
on Jul 22, 2011 -
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Looking for a utility to take a single original file, and make multiple copies of that file with different file names, pulled from a list.
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posted by GJSchaller
on Mar 1, 2010 -
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Is there a word or term that expresses the following concept more accurately than "rename"?
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posted by Tube
on Jun 17, 2009 -
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I am in the process of scanning about 1,500 photos from my life (thank you Epson auto feeder) and am now tasked with organizing them into a useful digital library. The order is almost completely random, and while I can organize them by subject into folders, what I really need is a program that will let me drag and drop thumbnails into the order that I want them and then rename the files so that they remain in that order. Does anyone know of such a software program or have any other suggestions for doing this? And I'm on a Mac (Leopard), but have Parallels if need be. Thanks!
Seth
posted by SethLeonard
on Sep 4, 2008 -
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Is there some way to bulk rename files from kanji/kana to romaji? Or any other solution to keep some of the Japanese file name while only using ASCII characters?
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posted by Ookseer
on Jun 24, 2008 -
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Is there a Windows program that will remove select words / characters from multiple file names? For example remove "meh" from Blhahheh meh meh.txt", "tantnran meh" (folder), and from "nopenot meh.wav"?
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posted by rasmerack
on May 4, 2008 -
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I want to create a batch file compatible with Windows XP and Vista that will do the following:
1) Get user input (name)
2) Rename an existing file to the input name string
3) Upload the renamed file to an anonymous FTP server that takes neither username nor password (no prompting)
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posted by Ky
on Apr 15, 2008 -
8 answers
Help me automate this task involving USB-disks, Excel, HTML and maybe a batch file.
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posted by Iteki
on Mar 5, 2008 -
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How do I copy a file to multiple folders, and rename it based on those folders? I know the answer is "unix", but I need hand-holding.
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posted by O9scar
on Feb 21, 2008 -
9 answers
Does anyone know of a TrueType (.ttf) or OpenType (.otf) font file rename utility for Mac OS X?
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posted by bigt83
on Jan 25, 2008 -
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Idiotfilter: How do I get Windows Vista to update my new user name across all the folders?
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posted by RokkitNite
on Jul 2, 2007 -
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How do I batch rename a group of files so that the new names are all odd numbers?
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posted by frogan
on May 14, 2007 -
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I've searched and searched, but everyone has albums. I'm the one whose been downloading singles off p2p networks for ages. I've never owned an album/cd. Which is why this is slightly hard for me..
Now, some of them have whacky tags, and some of them have whacky filenames.
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posted by Devileyezz
on Nov 20, 2006 -
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Is there a good way to convert an entire directory of numbered files from hex to decimal notation or vice versa? For example, I'll have files named AK00.txt AK03.txt and AK1F.txt that I want to convert to AK00.txt AK03.txt and AK31.txt. I've considered writing a shell script to do this, but if a solution already exists, I would love to hear about it. Thanks!
posted by idontlikewords
on Aug 28, 2006 -
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I have a folder of 300+ files with three digit file names. I also have a tab-delimited text file which has the current file name and the corresponding desired file name. How can I use the text file to properly rename all my files?
(This is on Mac OS X)
posted by nathan_teske
on Apr 21, 2006 -
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I have a large number of HTML files with numeric names (001.html, 2990.html, etc.). I would like to have each file renamed with text drawn from each file's HTML title tag.
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posted by tranquileye
on Feb 13, 2006 -
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I'm looking for a good way to tweak bunches of files. I'm pretty sure there's been a question about this before, and "Batch Rename" was recommended. Looking for other recommendations, or advice on Batch Rename.
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posted by agropyron
on Mar 10, 2005 -
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Six characters, in search of a way to replace them
I have a series of files whose names I'd like to edit by taking out part of the name and replacing it but the part I'd like to remove from each file name is different. [more]
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posted by emelenjr
on Jan 23, 2005 -
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Is there a way to bulk rename a bunch of folders in Windows XP by just removing any white space? I want to upload these to a web server and would prefer avoiding the %20 madness.
posted by fletchmuy
on Aug 31, 2004 -
5 answers
