Try searching for Bulk Renamer. It's probably the best and its free. It has several methods to rename such as reg exp, simple insert, replace, etc...
"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...
> I need to rename multiple files, as for example...
>
> DSC00062.JPG
> |
> |
> |
> DSC00098.JPG
>
> to...
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> Thanksgiving00062.JPG
> |
> |
> |
> Thanksgiving00098.JPG
>
> I vaguely remember, in DOS, that I could type:
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> REN DSC*.JPG NAME*.JPG
>
> But that won't handle long files names, plus it's a pain dropping into
> the crappy DOS window.
>
> Anyone know a trick or a utility (doesn't have to be free) that can do
> this?
>
> Thanks!
>
>