Now I can use it whenever I need to batch process file renaming. In my research I decided to write a script with PowerShell instead. didn't like the parentheses that windows puts in when you rename in bulk.

I recommend copying your files (making a backup), before applying the above.

I had to exactly count the number of characters I want to remove and leave space for my new characters: The A06_P actually replaced 2510_ and the SKMBT_C3601910151 was removed, by using exactly the number of slashes ///////////////// (17 characters).

Now I wanted to respectively rename them all to (Album 07 picture #): A07_P001.jpg In my case I had several hundred of enumerated files such as: SKMBT_C36019101512510_001.jpg

My problem was slightly different, I wanted to add a Prefix to the file and remove from the beginning what I don't need. Of How does the Windows RENAME command interpret wildcards? See in this thread, the answer of dbenham. You canĪctually delete your Copy of prefix using an obscure forward slash

I found the following in a small comment in - New information/technique added to my answer.

Bash rename multiple files