Files with Duplicate name

dlyearsley · 2012-02-06 19:38

I am in the process of renaming many files. Some of the files when renamed will be duplicated. I know I can edit the names individually, but is there a way to set up Renamer to add the next number if a file is duplicated. Below is how I would like the file names to end up after the rename.

e.g.:
The files:
Old Name New Name
My Book - Jed.txt My Book - Jed.txt
My Book.txt My Book - Jed (2).txt

Is there a way to do this automatically. I don't want to overwrite as I want to look at the files later and see if there are any differences in size or content.

Thanks

Stefan · 2012-02-06 21:17

Hi and welcome.

When you click on the "Options" button, the following list pops up:

*
* Fix conflicting new names
*
*
*

wiki wrote:

Add incremental numbers as suffixes to avoid conflicts in names.
For example, if a new name for a file is Name1, and if such a file already exists in the target folder,
then a suffix (2) is added to the newly renamed file.
If more than one files have such name conflicts, ReNamer uses incremental numbers (i.e. (2), (3)...)
as suffixes to make sure that each file gets a unique name.

See >> http://www.den4b.com/wiki/ReNamer:Menus … tions_menu

dlyearsley · 2012-02-07 16:28

Thanks for the answer. It will help.

Is it possible to do this as a rule or setting. I have a series of rules that and create duplicates. I would like some way to automatically renumber each time so I don't have to use the options.

den4b · 2012-02-08 22:27

Yes, there is a script called "Serialize duplicates" which can be found in the Pascal Script rule.

den4b Forum

#1 2012-02-06 19:38

Files with Duplicate name

#2 2012-02-06 21:17

Re: Files with Duplicate name

#3 2012-02-07 16:28

Re: Files with Duplicate name

#4 2012-02-08 22:27

Re: Files with Duplicate name

Board footer