rename files GUI

A gui utility to rename file(s) in a directory.

Description

A gui utility to rename file(s) in a directory. This gui contains
two list box:
on the lefthand side is the contents of the current directory,
on the righthand side are the files selected for renaming
a button '>' is used to select the files
a button 'Rename' start the actual renaming process
a button 'dir' to select the work directory
a thick box to specify wether to rename read only files or not

the user, in order to rename files, must
1) select the working directory with the button 'dir'
2) select the file(s) on the righthand side window with mouse and 'ctrl'
   to make multiple selaction of non-adiacent files
3) press the putton '>' to select the files and choose the new name:
   the character that cannot be changed in multiple selection are
   represented by '?' (question marks), the remaining character can be
   changed or removed; characters can be also added, thus the resulting
   filename(s) will become longer.
4) press the button 'Rename' to start the renaming. A progress bar shows
   the progress of the operation.

   Version 2
   Is now possible to change the extention in multiple selections:
   At the point 3) write the new name starting with a dot.
   The first three characters after the dot will be used as the new
   extention. Otherwise, no matter the number of selected files, using
   the expresssion *.ext1 *.ext2

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7 (R14)
• Other requirements: tested on Windows XP, with R14

[John Baldwinson]

what about changing extensions:
eg select all files in dir, say *.dat
   and change all extensions to, say *.m

[Vikram Jakkamsetti]

 

[Shareq Soofi]

This program was very helpful to me.
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[Erik Groenewold]

very helpful for me too. it's nice that you can specify the part of the filename that you want to be systematically different

[Avril Mansfield]

This is exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

[Felipe Posada]

nice program

[Pranam Janney]

Beautiful! :-)
I was cracking my head converting number of files.. this utility works wonders!

Thank you

[Todd Welti]

Simple to use, and just what I needed. I'm deleting my regex-based renamer. Toooo hard to use. This covers 99% of my needs.

[Mohammad]

thank you..

[jinesh]

Thank you so much!! Helped me out a lot!

[Senait Senay]

thank you thank you thank you!! you made my life so easy!!