"Rename File Rule" Dialog Box

This dialog box defines the renaming rule. Wild card characters and special fields can be used in the renaming rule.

"Old name" Designate the original file name to rename.

"New name" Designate the new name .

Wild card characters:

"*" Arbitrary character sequences;

"?" An arbitrary character;

"#" An arbitrary number.

The portion applicable to wild card in an old name can be diverted to the new name.

For example, *1 in the old name need to be inserted in the new name, just insert *1 into the new file name.

Special fields :

<Parent>:The name of the parent folder

<Name>:The old file name

<ext>:The old extension

<date>:The file date string in "yyyyMMdd" format,

<time>:The file time string in "hhmmss" format,

<year>:The year number string of the file time in "yyyy" format,

<month>:The month number string of the file time in "MM" format,

    January = 1, February = 2, and so on.

<day>:The day number string of the file time in "dd" format,

<hour>:The hour number string of the file time in "hh" format,

<minute>:The minute number string of the file time in "mm" format,

<second>:The second number string of the file time in "ss" format,

<weekday>:The weekday number string of the file time ,

    Sunday = 0, Monday = 1, and so on.

<cdate>:The date string in "yyyyMMdd" format of the current time,

<ctime>:The time string in "hhmmss" format of the current time,

<cweekday>:The weekday number string of the current time,

    Sunday = 0, Monday = 1, and so on.

The above special fields can be inserted in the new file name.

Example1:

Add the file date and time string to new file name:

Old name pattern: *1.*2       ---> New name pattern: *1-<date><time>.*2

Example2:

Change all the .doc file to .bak file:

Old name pattern: *1.doc       ---> New name pattern:*1.bak

Example3:

Change all the Old*.* to New*.*:

Old name pattern: Old*1.*2       ---> New name pattern: New*1.*2

Example4:

Add the timestamp to file name:

Old name pattern: *1.*2       ---> New name pattern:*1(<month>-<day>-<year>).*2

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