Move/Organize Files Into Folders

nkormanik · 2016-03-25 07:30

I have 600,000 midi files, in a single folder. I'd like to move/organize into sub-folders. 100 midi files per new folder. Sorted by size of files.

So, the smallest 100 midi files will go into, say, folder 0001.

Second 100 smallest midi files will go into folder 0002.

Etc.

Will need to create all the required folders.

Using Renamer:

-- Import the folder containing the files.
-- Sort all the files by size, smallest at top.
-- Serialize, Incremental, Pad with zeros, Prefix
-- Insert "\", Where, Position 4

Preview. Rename. Exit.

Then run Renamer again:

-- Import the folder containing the files.
-- Delete, From, Position 3

to remove the numbers which were added at the beginning of each filename.

The above approach works for groupings in multiples of 10.

Is there any other way Renamer can accomplish the task?

Thanks!

Nicholas Kormanik

den4b · 2016-03-25 12:13

You can use PascalScript to automatically insert the batch number folder prefix. You also don't need to create any folders manually because ReNamer automatically creates new folder structures for a file, if required.

For example, a script below will insert "1\", "2\", "3\" and so on, every 5 files (adjustable via BatchSize constant):

const
  BatchSize = 5;
var
  NextBatch: Boolean;
  BatchNumber: Integer;
  FilesInBatch: Integer;
begin
  NextBatch := (BatchNumber = 0) or (FilesInBatch mod BatchSize = 0);
  if NextBatch then
  begin
    BatchNumber := BatchNumber + 1;
    FilesInBatch := 0;
  end;
  FilesInBatch := FilesInBatch + 1;
  FileName := IntToStr(BatchNumber) + '\' + FileName;
end.

Result in something like this:

Name     	New Name
0001.midi	1\0001.midi
0002.midi	1\0002.midi
0003.midi	1\0003.midi
0004.midi	1\0004.midi
0005.midi	1\0005.midi
0006.midi	2\0006.midi
0007.midi	2\0007.midi
0008.midi	2\0008.midi
0009.midi	2\0009.midi
0010.midi	2\0010.midi
0011.midi	3\0011.midi
0012.midi	3\0012.midi

Additional formatting of the batch number folder prefix can be done either in the script, or in a second pass by adding just the folders for renaming.

den4b · 2016-03-25 13:20

On a second thought, you can also use a standard Serialize rule:

1) Insert: Insert "\" as Prefix (skip extension)
2) Serialize: Serialize Incremental from 1 step 1 repeat 5 and pad to length 4 as Prefix (skip extension)

Result:

0001.midi	0001\0001.midi
0002.midi	0001\0002.midi
0003.midi	0001\0003.midi
0004.midi	0001\0004.midi
0005.midi	0001\0005.midi
0006.midi	0002\0006.midi
0007.midi	0002\0007.midi
0008.midi	0002\0008.midi
0009.midi	0002\0009.midi
0010.midi	0002\0010.midi
0011.midi	0003\0011.midi
0012.midi	0003\0012.midi

nkormanik · 2016-03-25 22:38

Wow. A triple solution. ReNamer is one powerful program.

Thanks so much!

Elektro · 2016-03-25 22:49

With the power of the pascal-script code-editor support, ReNamer can do much more than just rename, so you can develop your own rename-automation script, or even launch a 3rd party exe developed in other language to do the hard job, things like that are awesome, and every day I'm more convinced that ReNamer is the best renaming application on the Earth (but it still having the lack of real-time string-replacement previews! ).

Have a nice day, every one.

Last edited by Elektro (2016-03-25 22:53)

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#1 2016-03-25 07:30

Move/Organize Files Into Folders

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Re: Move/Organize Files Into Folders

#3 2016-03-25 13:20

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#4 2016-03-25 22:38

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