How to put 00 in front of all files in folder (Batch rename)

[Sonic007]

Im sure someone will know the answer to this so does anyone know how I do this...

 

I have a folder full of photographs eg. 3829.jpg

I need to add 00 in front of each file. eg. 003829.jpg

 

I have a full folder. Is there a quick way to do this?

 

many thanks in advance Edugeekers.

[FN-GM]

This will do it

 

https://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php

[2ilent8cho]

 

If you are using MacOS Automator that is built in has a workflow for this.

[Sonic007]

Briliant. Thankyou!

[Sonic007]

This will do it

 

https://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php

 

This worked perfectly. Thanks for the speedy reply. Youve saved me much time.

[sbrade47]

If anyone else is trying to achieve similar but doesn't want to install software, it's only a few lines in Powershell.

 

To make files a set length by adding required number of leading zeros:

$Files = Get-ChildItem -Path E:\Temp\Test -File


$MaxLength = 6


$Files | ForEach-Object {

$Name = $_.BaseName

Do {
$Name = $('0'+$Name).ToString()
}    

While($Name.length -lt $Maxlength)

Rename-Item -Path $_.FullName -NewName "$Name$($_.Extension)"
}

 

Or to add a set number of leading zeros regardless of file name length:

 

$Files = Get-ChildItem -Path E:\Temp\Test -File

$ZerosToAdd = 4

$Files | ForEach-Object {

$Name = $('0' * $ZerosToAdd)+$_.BaseName
Rename-Item -Path $_.FullName -NewName "$Name$($_.Extension)"
}

Edited December 13, 2018 by sbrade47

[FN-GM]

This worked perfectly. Thanks for the speedy reply. Youve saved me much time.

 

You're welcome!