Serialize twice

pixelsearch · 2019-01-19 13:28

Hi and thank you for this incredible program, very useful.

My issue is this : files are named 0201.jpg, 0201a.jpg, 0202.jpg, 0202bc.jpg, 0204.jpg...
I would like to rename them to 0201.jpg, 0202.jpg, 0203.jpg, 0204.jpg, 0205.jpg...
To do this, I use the Serialize rule as shown in next pic, but it shows errors :

So I always do it in 2 steps :
* Serialize to "non already existing files", for example 0901.jpg, 0902.jpg, 0903.jpg, 0904.jpg, 0905.jpg...
This works without error, all files are renamed, they disappear from the table (because i checked "clear files table on rename")
* Drag them all again here (0901... 0905) and serialize to 0201 => 0205, now that works.

Do you think there is an easier way to do it, in 1 step instead of 2 ?
Thanks in advance

den4b · 2019-01-19 17:57

The common approach is to insert some differentiating character, e.g. prefix with underscore "_", and then remove it on the second run.

Alternatively, you could rename the files into a different folder, by prefixing the new names with a desired absolute or relative path. This will avoid all conflicts and won't need a second run.

See the demonstration below:

pixelsearch · 2019-01-19 18:33

Thanks for your explanations, very appreciated

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Serialize twice

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