Output result of a renaming job

b0nk · 2012-08-15 23:08

I'd like to have an option on ReNamer to output the results of a renaming job, something like this

output.txt: (OLDFILNAME -> NEWFILENAME)

DSCN001.JPG -> party time - 001.jpg
DSCN002.JPG -> party time - 002.jpg
DSCN003.JPG -> party time - 003.jpg
DSCN004.JPG -> party time - 004.jpg
DSCN005.JPG -> party time - 005.jpg
DSCN006.JPG -> party time - 006.jpg

Maybe later a way to edit the way the results are shown with a tag system.

Stefan · 2012-08-16 09:27

Hi b0nk, welcome.

b0nk> I'd like to have an option on ReNamer to output the results of a renaming job,

Please use the [Export] menu.
Read our wiki for more > http://www.den4b.com/wiki/ReNamer:Menus … xport_menu

HTH?

Andrew · 2012-08-19 00:30

Speaking of the Export menu, suppose I add a rule to change the extension of all added files to "xyz".

Now the Export file paths and new names option gives me this Tab-separated text:

F:\ReNamer Beta\ReNamer.exe	ReNamer.xyz
F:\ReNamer Beta\Copyrights.txt	Copyrights.xyz
F:\ReNamer Beta\History.txt	History.xyz
F:\ReNamer Beta\Space in name.csv	Space in name.xyz

The Export file paths and undo paths option on the other hand gives me this:

F:\ReNamer Beta\ReNamer.exe	
F:\ReNamer Beta\Copyrights.txt	
F:\ReNamer Beta\History.txt	
F:\ReNamer Beta\Space in name.csv

Note that there is actually a Tab after every line above (select the text and see), which means the same code was used for both options and therefore a useless Tab is added at the end of each line while using this second option. I'd like to request that this extra Tab be removed, 'cos otherwise if I need to add quotes around the file paths/names (to help with spaces), the Tab interferes and I end up with a Tab+" at the end of each line. I know I can delete the Tabs first, but that's just an extra step and shouldn't be required, especially since the Tabs have no business being there in the first place.

Also, does anyone think it would make more sense to export quoted file paths/names by default?

Last edited by Andrew (2012-08-19 00:32)

b0nk · 2012-08-19 05:06

Sorry for not seeing that export button.

So now my request is to edit the way results are shown in a .txt file like this:

%originalFilename% > %newFilename%

would output

DSCN000.jpg > photo - 01.jpg

Instead of just outputting the filepath and the new name let the user choose how the results should be shown on their .txt files

Stefan · 2012-08-19 10:35

I did my tests with export now and i am slightly confused.

- "Export to comma separated CSV" seams not clever
since there can be commas in the filename itself too.
(But if the file names are quoted now, that would be no problem anymore)

Andrew wrote:

The Export file paths and undo paths option on the other hand gives me this:
Note that there is actually a Tab after every line above

Right, that tab is to much.

- what use has the "Export file paths and undo paths" anyway?
There is only the original filename incl. path stored.
For what is that good for?

- Is there no "Export NEWname > OLDname"?
And so an "Import NEWname > OLDname" for an change to undo?

Also, does anyone think it would make more sense to export quoted file paths/names by default?

Right, makes a lot sense.

b0nk wrote:

So now my request is [...] let the user choose how the results should be shown on their .txt files

The user can do that with notepad himself.
Search for comma-space and replace with ' > '.
Or select the tab sign and paste it into the search field and replace with what you want.

.

b0nk · 2012-08-19 19:16

I don't think you understood what I said. I'll try to be clearer.

The option "Export file paths and new names" really does what it says. But what if I only want the old names and new names on the .txt file?

Why can't I export just the old and new file names without the full path? It's really troublesome to erase the full file path, specially if it's a big renaming job on different folders. And why can't I choose to output the new name 1st and the old one 2nd?
It's just for the text file not actual renaming.

Let the user choose how the program should write the .txt file.

I hope I was clearer. I am only talking about the aspect of the .txt file the program exports and not how renaming should be done.

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#1 2012-08-15 23:08

Output result of a renaming job

#2 2012-08-16 09:27

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#3 2012-08-19 00:30

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