blackbelt_jones
03-26-2008, 03:05 AM
Here's a simple trick that I just discovered, so simple I'm a little embarrassed to be sharing it, cause it seems so obvious. I can't be the first one to stumble on this, but maybe someone will benefit if I share.
krename is kde's mass renaming application. It's really simple to use and can be used to number files. Turns out that numbering files makes them a lot easier to manage. For example:
Right now, I have a directory with about 1032 files in it. They happen to be wallpapers, but it doesn't really matter:
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/5634/pix1cb0.png
I use krename to number the files from 0001 to 1032
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/944/pix3bp9.png
So now, each file can be identified by the first four digits, which is completely unique for each file. Whatever else is in the filenames, all I need to do is type the first four digits, hit tab, and autocompletion will do the rest. This makes handling files a lot faster and easier. Besides autocompletion, there are lots of great ways of applying this that involve wildcards.
Simple, yes? So why did it only think of this a half hour ago?
krename is kde's mass renaming application. It's really simple to use and can be used to number files. Turns out that numbering files makes them a lot easier to manage. For example:
Right now, I have a directory with about 1032 files in it. They happen to be wallpapers, but it doesn't really matter:
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/5634/pix1cb0.png
I use krename to number the files from 0001 to 1032
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/944/pix3bp9.png
So now, each file can be identified by the first four digits, which is completely unique for each file. Whatever else is in the filenames, all I need to do is type the first four digits, hit tab, and autocompletion will do the rest. This makes handling files a lot faster and easier. Besides autocompletion, there are lots of great ways of applying this that involve wildcards.
Simple, yes? So why did it only think of this a half hour ago?