Renaming a lot of files
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Hello,
I've made a 1000 copies of a file in the current directory. For example
RW.a_process
Copy of RW.a_process
Copy (2) of RW.a_process.....
Copy (1000) of RW.a_process
Would anybody know how I could rename them to be
RW.a_process
RW1.a_process
RW2.a_process....
RW1000.a_process
Many thanks
John
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Jan
am 18 Mär. 2012
It would be *much* easier to create the file with the correct file name from the beginning. Considering "RW", "Copy of RW" and "Copy (i) of RW" is possible, but not necessary.
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Sahyadri Vibhu
am 20 Mär. 2012
You could use http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php if you are using WIndows or something similar if you are using other OS
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Image Analyst
am 18 Mär. 2012
These functions may come in helpful:
dir() to get the existing filenames.
strfind() to find parentheses.
sscanf() or str2double() to extract the number (optional since you can work with the extracted string directly).
sprintf() to create the new name.
movefile() to make a copy with the new name.
delete() to delete the file with the old name.
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Image Analyst
am 18 Mär. 2012
Not very robust at all. You will encounter problems with that code. I suggest you look at my code.
Image Analyst
am 18 Mär. 2012
Allright, since you at least took a shot at it, here's the code:
files = {'RW.a_process',...
'Copy of RW.a_process',...
'Copy (2) of RW.a_process',...
'Copy (1000) of RW.a_process'}
for k = 1 : length(files)
oldFileName = files{k}
leftParenthesisLocation = strfind(oldFileName, 'Copy (');
if leftParenthesisLocation >= 1
% Handle cases of Copy (nnn) of RW.a_process
rightParenthesisLocation = strfind(oldFileName(leftParenthesisLocation:end), ')');
if rightParenthesisLocation > 1
strNumber = oldFileName(leftParenthesisLocation+6:rightParenthesisLocation-1)
% Get name to the right of the right parenthesis.
newFileName = oldFileName(rightParenthesisLocation+5:end);
[folder, baseFileName, ext] = fileparts(newFileName);
newFileName = sprintf('%s%s%s', baseFileName, strNumber, ext);
fprintf('New Filename = %s\n', newFileName); % Print blank line.
end
else
% Handle case of Copy of RW.a_process
leftLocation = strfind(oldFileName, 'Copy of ');
if ~isempty(leftLocation)
% Get name to the right of the "Copy of ".
[folder, baseFileName, ext] = fileparts(oldFileName(leftLocation+8:end));
strNumber = 1;
newFileName = sprintf('%s%d%s', baseFileName, strNumber, ext);
fprintf('New Filename = %s\n', newFileName); % Print blank line.
end
end
end
I think you can figure out where to put the movefile(oldFileName, newFileName) and delete(oldFileName) in. Make sure you call exist(newFileName, 'file') before you delete the old one otherwise you may blow away your only copy!
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Image Analyst
am 20 Mär. 2012
Did you include the file extension? It probably has one, even though you may be asking windows to hide it from you. I always turn off that windows option - I like knowing what extensions the files have, especially when you have files with the same base filename but different extensions. Try files = {'Copy (2) of RW.dat'} or whatever it is.
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