randomly rename multiple image files??

[colincliff]

Along with probably hundreds of other people I am giving the inlaws a picture frame for christmas loaded with hundreds of photos.

i've used irfanview to resize all the photos i've chosen, but as the frame doesnt have a random feature i want to rename the files with random numbers so that they wont just play in order.

anyone know an easy way to batch rename files randomly?

[streetster]

how many do you have?

there's probably an easier way but what about calculating md5s then sticking the results into a .bat file

ie;

C:\Users\mark\Desktop\gauden>md5sums *

MD5sums 1.2 freeware for Win9x/ME/NT/2000/XP+
Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Jem Berkes - http://www.pc-tools.net/
Type md5sums -h for help

[Path] / filename                              MD5 sum
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[C:\Users\mark\Desktop\gauden\]
DSC00163.JPG                                   ef9f4289e28b20e8dfea2f7391a158d0
DSC00164.JPG                                   98432e794fd974e3253a7cc8d0b4f8bb
DSC00165.JPG                                   9cb2048ccc126c52ae2ad16f797b235b
DSC00166.JPG                                   50af180c046bf1b95dbf216d77e578b4
DSC00167.JPG                                   66f6ea679cada47a4695e262b854e96e
DSC00168.JPG                                   b4f79da09baaee6ceba3fa4c31d0d2f7
DSC00169.JPG                                   8f17bf7309d2eb55261876989fb253eb
DSC00170.JPG                                   88d437f7e0f4a3dd50df703aacb10c0c
md5sums.exe                                    da1e100dc9e7bebb810985e37875de38

then stick "move " at the beginning and .JPG at the end so you get

move DSC00163.JPG                                   ef9f4289e28b20e8dfea2f7391a158d0.JPG
move DSC00164.JPG                                   98432e794fd974e3253a7cc8d0b4f8bb.JPG
move DSC00165.JPG                                   9cb2048ccc126c52ae2ad16f797b235b.JPG
move DSC00166.JPG                                   50af180c046bf1b95dbf216d77e578b4.JPG
move DSC00167.JPG                                   66f6ea679cada47a4695e262b854e96e.JPG
move DSC00168.JPG                                   b4f79da09baaee6ceba3fa4c31d0d2f7.JPG
move DSC00169.JPG                                   8f17bf7309d2eb55261876989fb253eb.JPG
move DSC00170.JPG                                   88d437f7e0f4a3dd50df703aacb10c0c.JPG

save it as 'renamer.bat' in the directory with the files and run it.


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[chrisj]

There's a perl script half way down this page that should do the job: http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/f....php?f=2&t=114