In the New mask edit, enter a template used to generate a new filename. In the Old mask edit, enter a regular expression that is matched against the original filename. To rename files using Perl compatible regular expressions, pick Regular expressions in the Rename dialog.

If you enter 'xyz?.txt' as the new mask, the files will be renamed to: If you enter 'abc?.bak' as the new mask, the files will be renamed to: Leave these characters alone, but change others to produce unique names for each of the selected files or folders.Īssume that you've selected the following files to rename: Like any other mentioned software, even this one lets you perform actions including Replace.

An asterisk (*) is used to represent one or more characters, while a question mark (?) is used to represent a single character. Multi File Renamer is a simple tool to batch rename files. If multiple files or folders are selected, a base mask is computed which represents the overlap of all the names. In the New mask edit, enter the new name. To rename files using DOS wildcards, pick DOS compatible in the Rename dialog. In the Action subsection, you can pick either DOS compatible or Regular expressions rename.

In the Actions menu, the Rename command renames the selected files and folders.

Multi file name changer