Re: changing multiple partial file names Windows Vista

[Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>]

WinBatch could handle this. Perhaps download the trial version, then join
the company's excellent tech forum and post the question there. If you get
completely stuck, e-mail me later today and I'll  write you an executable
that'll do it. I would need a couple of days to complete it, inasmuch as I
am a tad rusty and would have to run some trials. It would be pretty easy to
code though...maybe 10 lines.

> Chris

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Ken Poshedly <poshedly -at- bellsouth -dot- net>wrote:

> Before I create my parts book in FrameMaker 8.0, I need to _partially_
> change
> the machine model in the over 60 files that will go into this book.
>
> Current file names are "SRC660 (unique parts assembly name).fm"
>
> Desired new file should be "SRC550 (unique parts assembly name).fm"
>
> Windows Vista (that's what they use here and it ain't gonna change) allows
> total
> filename changes followed by a sequential number within parentheses, thus
> all
> renamed files take on the total name of the first renamed file followed
> by a
> (1), then a (2) and so on.
>
> That is obviously not gonna work here.
>
> Is anybody aware of a freeware product that allows replacement of _only
> specific
> characters_ within multiple filenames?
>
> -- Ken in Atlanta
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