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I have a cluster of files. All have same extension. All have same file names - EXCEPT, imbedded at the end of a file name are numbers.

Think when you get your camera pictures... they may all say IMG003.jpg or such .....

I take a select set of the pictures and rename - using the SEARCH "IMG"/ REPLACE "Vacation-Monday-". That part works fine BUT as you can see, the ### part is from the old camera numbering system.

Here is what I want to do. I want to renumber / rename the ### using the COUNTER OPTION. I want each cluster to start with 001, 002, 003 etc.

EVEN BETTER ! = is there a way to do it all in one step? i.e. Rename & Renumber at the same time?

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Have played around with this for quite some time. Various results, but not what I want. Surely there is a simple way I am missing.

/Tom

Use this within the Pattern > File name field:
For Counter use 1, 1, 3, or 1, 1, 4

For photos you can use also this format:

Well, its kind of close but not quite...

In the search for box: Replace Box
Easter - Briggs - Vacation - Monday - [c]

Here are real names This is the real result

Easter - Briggs - 50.jpg Vacation - Monday - 01 50.jpg
Easter - Briggs - 51.jpg Vacation - Monday - 02 51.jpg

So you can see, it sort of works.... how to get rid of the ## in the original name so that only the counter numbers show up in the result?

Sorry, noticed the spacing got truncated making my reply more difficult...

Rewrite:

In the search for box: ......... Replace Box
Easter - Briggs - >>>>>>> Vacation - Monday - [c]

Here are real names .....................This is the real result

Easter - Briggs - 50.jpg >>>>>>>Vacation - Monday - 01 50.jpg
Easter - Briggs - 51.jpg >>>>>>>Vacation - Monday - 02 51.jpg

Do as Dreamer pointed to you above. Use only the file name field. Don't use the search/replace fields.

Many thanks. This is clever.

FILE NAME: vacation-Monday-[c]
search for: {blank}
replace with: [c]

Yes, this works. Clever part is in the FILE NAME because I was interpreting these 3 boxes to read as ".. WITHIN THE EXISTING FILE NAME, look for a pattern...., then replace that pattern with ...."

I did not know that you could WHOLLY replace whatever file name exists with a brand new file name via the FILE NAME BOX.

Now that I know how to read in the same way the programmers meant it, I am all set. Was not clear in the HELP/DOCUMENTATION.

Cheers,