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Renaming files in Finder without jumping away
Authored by: joeyblades on Oct 08, '10 12:50:04PM

Well, second try here... first one was flagged as spam, I guess because it contained helpful links... So this time I'll just tell you how to discover the links on your own...

If you only need to rename a few files and you do it fairly infrequently then the posted hint has some utility. However, if you frequently have to rename lots of files, a more utilitarian approach is with the unix command line.

My preferred method is with a perl script. If you Google "perl script rename multiple files with wildcards" you will find several fine examples of how to do this.

Alternatively, if you really want to impress your geek friends, Google this: "linux rename command on mac os x". One of the first links will be to a hint on this very forum that will make your day.



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Renaming files in Finder without jumping away
Authored by: schutt on Oct 09, '10 06:35:33AM

This hint is useful, but you have to be very quick with the arrow key.

joeyblades suggestion of using a shell script if you have many renames to do is correct. Larry Wall's classic 'rename' Perl script is one of the most time saving bits of code out there. I seem to remember 10.4 including an older version of file-rename, but it doesn't appear to be in 10.6. But for times when you don't need the power, knowing this hint makes Finder more useful.



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