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How do I mass remove file prefixes in a Mac? For example, inside my folder, I have the following files:
img_sometext1.jpg
img_sometext2.jpg
...
img_sometext10.jpg
How do I remove img_
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How do I mass remove file prefixes in a Mac? For example, inside my folder, I have the following files:
img_sometext1.jpg
img_sometext2.jpg
...
img_sometext10.jpg
How do I remove img_
?
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The easiest solution might be to use the commercial A Better Finder Rename to achieve this.
For a free alternative, you can install the command-line rename
utility:
You can now use, in the Terminal, either of:
rename -d img_ *
rename "s/^img_//" *
to strip away the prefix.
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You can use Automator's Rename Finder Items action:
Start Automator, select Workflow, and add Get Specified Finder Items and Rename Finder Items from the library on the left to the workflow area on the right by double-clicking.
Drag and drop the files you want to rename to the list in Get Specified Finder Items.
Change Rename Finder Items to Replace Text as desired, and click the Run button.
Result after execution:
You can easily change this workflow to make it repeatable, e.g. with selected Finder items instead, and save it as Application or Service.
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A quick visit from the year 2019 to give an update.
osX has something like this built into finder now.
Open finder
Select all the files you want renamed
From the right-click menu (or File menu) choose the Rename # items
option
You'll be presented with a dialog window with options, one of which is Replace Text
Enter your prefix - "img_" in the Find
box and leave the Replace
box empty
Click Rename
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If you want an elegant, easy, and feature-rich solution, I personally like Name Mangler.
Used to be called File List and was free, now it costs $10. May be a little steep for some people, but it's well-written and extremely functional if you don't want to get into the command-line methods of doing this.
1So amazing, this is just the tool I needed – Tallboy – 2017-07-06T16:31:37.227
beautiful! How is it not easier to find brew casks such as
rename
? – David Anderton – 2017-07-25T16:13:20.2371Awesome! I already had homebrew installed and your solution worked perfectly well. – Propeller – 2012-03-09T05:08:16.460