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ReNamer

Documentation for ReNamer, a versatile file and folder renaming utility.

Overview

ReNamer is a very powerful and flexible file renaming tool. ReNamer offers all the standard rena...

Quick Guide

The workflow in ReNamer is a simple 4-step process: Add files or folders for renaming. Add renam...

Getting Started

Learn the core workflow: adding files, setting up rules, previewing, and renaming.

Rules

Description of individual renaming rules, their options, and example uses.

Overview of Rules

ReNamer has an extensive set of rules for renaming files. These rules can be combined together, i...

Insert rule

This rule inserts the specified text at the beginning of the name, at the end of the name, at a s...

Delete rule

This rule deletes all characters located between the From and the Until positions. Options From ...

Remove rule

This rule removes the specified text from the file name, optionally using positional criteria and...

Replace rule

This rule finds the specified text in the file name and replaces it with another text, optionally...

Rearrange rule

This rule allows you to chop up the existing file name and reuse any/all of the parts in any orde...

Extension rule

This rule lets you change the file extension, with the option to automatically detect the appropr...

Strip rule

This rule strips a list of characters from the filename. It offers predefined character sets, lik...

Case rule

This rule changes the case of the filename, including capitalizing every word, converting to lowe...

Serialize rule

This rule allows you to index (serialize) a list of files by inserting numbers in increasing or d...

Randomize rule

This rule inserts randomly generated sequences of specified length and using a selection of chara...

Padding rule

This rule allows you to apply or remove zero padding on number sequences, or add text padding usi...

Clean Up rule

This rule cleans up the filenames from (or for) commonly used naming conventions for Internet, pe...

Translit rule

This rule transliterates one alphabet into another. Its main goal is to transliterate Non-English...

Reformat Date rule

This rule allows finding and reformatting various date/time values in the filename, including the...

Regular Expressions rule

This rule allows finding and replacing patterns, and performing sophisticated manipulations with ...

Pascal Script rule

This rule allows you define your own renaming logic and integrate external tools. It uses the Pas...

User Input rule

This rule replaces the original filenames with the names taken from a fixed list. The n-th line ...

Mapping rule

This rule allows you to map a list of old filenames to a list of new filenames, which can be exte...

Operational Guides

In-depth guides and reference material for features, tools, and specific renaming scenarios.

Using presets

A preset is a named collection of rules that can be saved and reloaded on demand. Presets can als...

Presets Manager

The Presets Manager provides options for managing your collection of presets, including loading, ...

Analyze tool

The Analyze tool opens a window where you can enter arbitrary text and test your current rules ag...

Meta Tags

Meta Tags allow users to extract meta information associated with files and use it for renaming....

Date and Time format

Date and time format is used primarily in Meta Tags and the Pascal Script rule to format date and...

Sorting files

The order of items in the Files pane can affect the renaming outcome. This is most notable in two...

Renaming folders

By default, ReNamer is configured to rename files only. When a folder is added, it is scanned rec...

Moving files to another folder

ReNamer can move files and folders to a different location as part of the renaming process. You c...

Validation

Validation is a process that analyzes the list of files and their target destinations to identify...

Failed renaming

The renaming operation can fail for a variety of reasons. The built-in validation process attempt...

Manual editing

In addition to combining rules to generate new names automatically, you can also make manual chan...

Command line

ReNamer supports several command line parameters for launching the program with files pre-loaded,...

Long paths

Introduction The maximum length of paths and file/folder names is limited in every mainstream ope...

Wildcard masks

Wildcard masks (also called filename masks) are a simple pattern-matching syntax that uses specia...

Regular Expressions reference

Introduction Regular Expressions (RegEx) is a syntax for specifying patterns of text to search an...

Settings and Menus

Description of program settings and menus.

Pascal Script

Reference for the Pascal Script syntax, types, functions, and example scripts.