Additional menu bar drop-downs let you set global options, such as time stamp formats, color-coding, and activity logging. The application window offers 13 primary functions, including inserting and appending text, auto-numbering, cropping characters, and moving/copying files. This free application can handle everything from simple search-and-replace to Perl 5 regular expressions, but it suffers from a cluttered user interface that fails to offer tool tips and, somewhat incredibly, abbreviates labels and button names. As such, it does not contain some of the features of Bulk Rename Utility such as MP3-tag or EXIF tag processing.Bulk Rename Utility takes the pain out of renaming and managing files and folders, assuming you can get past the frightening user interface. For example, the renaming of log files, or the processing of backup files.

* Be sure that you will always keep the command details -there are no config files to lose.īulk Rename Command (BRC) is targeted at system administrators and power-users, who need to perform specific tasks repetitively. * See exactly what command is being performed - no hidden settings

* Create a set of batch files which perform a single task, safe in the knowledge they will do exactly the same thing each time. You might think this sounds convoluted and backward, but a command-line utility can wield immense power if you are performing repetitive tasks. With DOS everything was driven from the command-line, but with Windows you have to access the command-line by clicking Start, Run, then typing cmd (or command, if you use Windows 98).

In addition to the conventional Bulk Rename Utility, we also now have a command-line version, called Bulk Rename Command.įor those of you who grew up with Windows, the command-line is the non-GUI way to perform commands on your PC. Don't overlook its companion command-line utility, BRC, Bulk Rename Command:

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