Power Rename lacks the features of premium rename tools

[ghost]

Description of the new feature / enhancement

the toolset offered in directory opus advanced rename

Scenario when this would be used?

being a power user does not equate to rolling regular expressions in your head.

so the scenario is everyone who say has tens of thousands of still images to composite and needs them renamed precisely and who isn't john carmack.

Supporting information

if I have to learn regular expressions might as well just do it in bash.

[Jay-o-Way]

Hi James, thanks for the message. In order to be actionable, I'm going to have to ask you to be more specific. Do you have clear examples (use cases) ? Note: using regular expressions isn't mandatory for PowerEname. Changes are still possible with ~regular~ normal search and replace.

[crutkas]

@JamesFrederik if a different tool works for you, by all means, use that tool.

Right now, i'm not sure how to properly address your feedback past you don't like regex.

[ghost]

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[ghost]

Hi,

I'd like tools to

• remove leading characters
• remove trailing characters
• renumber
  • choose starting number
  • choose increment
• add a prefix
• add a postfix

for example

- I have a folder with files numbered '0001Somefile' to 'xxxxSomefile'
- I wish to insert a space to make '0001 Somefile' or say '0001_Somefile'
- then I want to rename them '2543 Somefile' to 'xxxx Somefile'
- then I want to prepend the date in a specific format, YEAR-MONTH-DAY

I found an called "Bulk Rename Utility" that does all these things but it's got a horrific interface that looks like something from windows 3.1 and I can't install it at work. I'm limited to whatever comes with windows 10.

cheers.

[joshuajeschek]

I would also really appreciate the possibility to add numbers into the replacement name, something like $i{0,1} for example (0 denotes the starting index, 1 the increment).

[mentalpiracy]

it would be extremely helpful to have basic controls for allowing me to add/select/remove additional files and directories - beyond the set that opens when you're launching powerrename (unless I am clowning on myself here that i haven't figured it out yet)