Package batch renaming and relinking duplicates
A plug-in/script available for InDesign to package some folders indd files into one folder with .indd, .pdf, .idml, links and fonts in folder, if images are duplicated between documents, rename with suffix "_1, _2, ....
I need it to rename and relink files with random names to add suffix "_1, _2, _n number" images are in .eps, .pdf, .psd, .jpg, etc. Names such as:
design.tif design_1.tif
design.eps design_1.eps
abcd.psd adcd_1.psd
abcd.psd adcd_2.psd
abcd.psd adcd_3.psd
abcd.psd adcd_4.psd
design20.tif design20_1.tif
design_14.eps design_14_1.eps
abcd.pdf adcd_1.pdf
abcd.jpg adcd_2.jpg
Manually update links in InDesign, which is extremely time taking. I have found many scripts, but those are either keeping only one link when a package or changing one by one in each indesign documents and than package as usual.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Thank you for your great help. It is very useful in future.
It is doing 90% work of the package. It keeps link folder with one link, which is coming suppose in more than two documents.
Same name images used between documents, with may be some changes,
I need a script to rename and relink duplicate files with random names to add suffix "_1, _2, _n number" images are in .eps, .pdf, .psd, .jpg, etc., and package.
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I need to batch rename and relink files in indesign
I have a whole bunch of files that I need to rename ( I need to add a prefix on to the front eg. a whole group of files called "plan.jpg" 01.jpg, 02.jpg, etc... need to now read ORD_plan.jpg, ORD_01.jpg, etc...) I can batch rename the files in adobe bridge, but I have to go in one by one and re-connect the links. Is there a script which can batch rename and relink all the files?
Thanks!This biterscripting script may possibly help. It takes two input arguments.
directory - directory under which the .jpg files are located
prefix - prefix which will be added to each file's name
# Script RenameJpg.txt
var str directory, prefix, list, filepath, name
cd $directory
find -n "*.jpg" > $list
while ($list <> "")
do
lex "1" $list > $filepath ; stex -p "^/^l[" $filepath > $name
set $name = $prefix+$name
system copy ("\""+$filepath+"\"") ("\""+$name+"\"")
done
This is the way you would use it - copy and paste the script code into file C:/Scripts/RenameJpg.txt, then enter this command into biterscripting.
script "C:/Scripts/RenameJpg.txt" directory("C:/test") prefix("ORD_")
It will rename C:/test/plan.jpg to C:/test/ORD_plan.jpg, C:/test/01.jpg to C:/test/ORD_01.jpg, etc.
Important: I am using the 'system copy' command so that files are copied instead of renamed. Once you are happy with the test, you can change that command to 'system rename'.
Also, if the .jpg files are within subfolders of C:/test, change the 'find -n' to 'find -r -n'. -r means recursive = search in subfolders. Syntax for the find command at http://www.biterscripting.com/helppages/lf.html
Message was edited by: Peter Spier to change 'path' to 'filepath' per post below
Message was edited by: Peter Spier to change "perfix to "prefix" -
Batch renaming and relinking in InDesign CS4
Is there a plug-in available for InDesign that will batch rename and relink placed images?
In Quark, I used Badia Link Renamer which worked perfectly but it's not available for InDesign. (Was told they hope to have it incorporated into BigPicture for CS5.)
Is there something similar currently available for InDesign?
Essentially I need it to rename and relink files with random names to structured names such as:
001_Cust_000123456789_art_r1.tif
(I love that Bridge does batch renaming but then I have to manually update links in InDesign which is extremely time-consuming. I've also manually renamed/relinked files individually with Adobe Dialogue but it doesn't seem to be part of CS4.)
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Been looking for something for months.
Thanks!Here is my last version of the script, it deals with multiple instances of the same file.
Kasyan
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
var myAllLinks = myDoc.allGraphics;
var myMultipleLinks = new Array();
var myLinksCounter = 1;
var myPrepend = prompt("Example: thebook_08765", "Job description", "Please enter job description");
if (!myPrepend) exit();
var response = confirm("Warning: You are about to rename all images linked to the foremost Indesign Document - proceed? Keep in mind - it is not reversible!", false, "Rename Links Script");
if ( response == true )
WriteToFile("\r--------------------- Script started -- " + GetDate() + " ---------------------\n\n");
for ( k = 0; k < myAllLinks.length; k++ )
var myLinkName = myAllLinks[k].itemLink.name;
crearLabels();
var myPages = myDoc.pages;
// Pages
for ( p = 0; p < myPages.length; p++ )
var myPageNumber = pad000(myPages[p].name);
var myLinks = myPages[p].allGraphics;
var myASCII = 97;
for ( k = myLinks.length - 1; k >= 0; k-- )
var myLink = myLinks[k].itemLink;
if (myLink.extractLabel("relinked") != "yes") {
var myOldLinkName = myLink.name;
var myLinkUsage = LinkUsage( myLink );
var myExtension = myOldLinkName.substr(myOldLinkName.lastIndexOf( "." ));
if (LinkUsage(myLink) == 1)
var myNewLinkName = myPrepend + myPageNumber + String.fromCharCode( myASCII ) + myExtension;
var myOldImageHDfile = new File( myLink.filePath );
var myRenameResult = myOldImageHDfile.rename( myNewLinkName );
if (myRenameResult) {
myLink.insertLabel("relinked", "yes");
myLink.relink( myOldImageHDfile );
try {
myLink = myLink.update();
catch(err) {}
myASCII++;
WriteToFile(((myLinksCounter < 10) ? (" " + myLinksCounter) : myLinksCounter) + " - " + myOldImageHDfile.name + " --> " + myNewLinkName + "\n");
myLinksCounter++;
else {
if (new File(myOldImageHDfile.parent + "/" + myNewLinkName + myExtension).exists) {
WriteToFile("CAN'T RENAME LINK -- " + myOldImageHDfile.name + " to " + myNewLinkName + " because the file already exists\n");
else {
WriteToFile("CAN'T RENAME LINK -- " + myOldImageHDfile.name + "\n");
else {
if (!IsObjInArray(myLink, myMultipleLinks)) {
myMultipleLinks.push(myLink);
var myMasterSpreads = myDoc.masterSpreads;
// Master spreads
for ( m = 0; m < myMasterSpreads.length; m++ )
var myMastSpr = myMasterSpreads[m];
var myPageNumber = myMastSpr.name;
var myPrefix = myMastSpr.namePrefix;
var myLinks = myMastSpr.allGraphics;
var myASCII = 97;
for ( n = myLinks.length - 1; n >= 0; n-- )
var myLink = myLinks[n].itemLink;
if (myLink.extractLabel("relinked") != "yes") {
var myOldLinkName = myLink.name;
var myExtension = myOldLinkName.substr(myOldLinkName.lastIndexOf( "." ));
if (LinkUsage(myLink) == 1)
var myLinkLetter = (myLinks.length == 1) ? "" : String.fromCharCode( myASCII );
var myNewLinkName = myPrepend + '_master_' + myPrefix + myLinkLetter + myExtension;
var myOldImageHDfile = new File( myLink.filePath );
var myRenameResult = myOldImageHDfile.rename( myNewLinkName );
if (myRenameResult) {
myLink.insertLabel("relinked", "yes");
myLink.relink( myOldImageHDfile );
try {
myLink.update();
catch(err) {}
myASCII++;
WriteToFile(((myLinksCounter < 10) ? (" " + myLinksCounter) : myLinksCounter) + " - " + myOldImageHDfile.name + " --> " + myNewLinkName + "\n");
myLinksCounter++;
else {
if (new File(myOldImageHDfile.parent + "/" + myNewLinkName + myExtension).exists) {
WriteToFile("CAN'T RENAME LINK -- " + myOldImageHDfile.name + " to " + myNewLinkName + " because the file already exists\n");
else {
WriteToFile("CAN'T RENAME LINK -- " + myOldImageHDfile.name + "\n");
else
if (!IsObjInArray(myLink, myMultipleLinks)) {
myMultipleLinks.push(myLink);
// Multiple images
if (myMultipleLinks.length > 0) {
for ( a = myMultipleLinks.length - 1; a >= 0; a-- )
processMultiUsedLinks(myMultipleLinks[a]);
WriteToFile("\r--------------------- Script finished -- " + GetDate() + " ---------------------\r\r");
if (myLinksCounter == 0) {
alert("No links have been renamed", "Rename Links Script");
if (myLinksCounter == 1) {
alert("One link has been renamed", "Rename Links Script");
else if (myLinksCounter > 1) {
alert(myLinksCounter + " links have been renamed", "Rename Links Script");
//--------------------------------------------- Functions ------------------------------------------------
// Check how many times the link was placed
function LinkUsage(myLink) {
var myLinksNumber = 0;
for (var c = 0; c < myDoc.links.length; c++) {
if (myLink.filePath == myDoc.links[c].filePath) {
myLinksNumber += 1;
return myLinksNumber;
// Relink the links placed more than once
function processMultiUsedLinks(myLink) {
var myExtension = myLink.name.substr(myLink.name.lastIndexOf( "." ));
var myMultiUsedLink = new Array();
var myAllLinks = myDoc.links;
for (var d = 0; d < myAllLinks.length; d++) {
if (myAllLinks[d].filePath == myLink.filePath) {
myMultiUsedLink.push(myAllLinks[d]);
try {
myLink.show();
catch(err) {}
var myNewLinkName = prompt ("Enter a name for this image", GetFileNameOnly(myLink.name), "This image is placed " + myMultiUsedLink .length + " times");
if (myNewLinkName) {
if ( myNewLinkName + myExtension != myLink.name ) {
var myOldImageHDfile = new File( myLink.filePath );
var myRenameResult = myOldImageHDfile.rename( myNewLinkName + myExtension );
if (myRenameResult) {
myLink.insertLabel("relinked", "yes");
myLink.relink( myOldImageHDfile );
try {
myLink = myLink.update();
catch(err) {}
WriteToFile(((myLinksCounter < 10) ? (" " + myLinksCounter) : myLinksCounter) + " - " + myOldImageHDfile.name + " --> " + myNewLinkName + "\n");
myLinksCounter++;
for (f = myMultiUsedLink.length-1; f >= 0 ; f--)
var myCurrLink = myMultiUsedLink[f];
if ( myNewLinkName + myExtension != myCurrLink.name ) {
myCurrLink.insertLabel("relinked", "yes");
myCurrLink.relink( myOldImageHDfile );
try {
myCurrLink = myLink.update();
catch(err) {}
else {
if (new File(myOldImageHDfile.parent + "/" + myNewLinkName + myExtension).exists) {
WriteToFile("CAN'T RENAME LINK -- " + myOldImageHDfile.name + " to " + myNewLinkName + myExtension + " because the file already exists\n");
else {
WriteToFile("CAN'T RENAME LINK -- " + myOldImageHDfile.name + "\n");
UpdateAllOutdatedLinks();
// Clear labels in case this script has been already run on the current document
function crearLabels() {
for (var f = 0; f < myDoc.links.length; f++) {
if (myDoc.links[f].extractLabel("relinked") != "") {
myDoc.links[f].insertLabel("relinked", "");
function UpdateAllOutdatedLinks() {
for(var myCounter = myDoc.links.length-1; myCounter >= 0; myCounter--){
var myLink = myDoc.links[myCounter];
if (myLink.status == LinkStatus.linkOutOfDate){
myLink.update();
function pad000(myNumber) {
if (myNumber >= 1 && myNumber <= 9) {
x = "0" + "0" + myNumber;
} else if (myNumber >= 10 && myNumber <= 99) {
x = "0" + myNumber;
} else if (myNumber >= 100 && myNumber <= 999) {
x = myNumber;
return x;
function GetFileNameOnly(myFileName) {
var myString = "";
var myResult = myFileName.lastIndexOf(".");
if (myResult == -1) {
myString = myFileName;
else {
myString = myFileName.substr(0, myResult);
return myString;
function IsObjInArray(myObj, myArray) {
for (x in myArray) {
if (myObj.filePath == myArray[x].filePath) {
return true;
return false;
function WriteToFile(myText) {
myFile = new File("~/Desktop/Rename Links Script.txt");
if ( myFile.exists ) {
myFile.open("e");
myFile.seek(0, 2);
else {
myFile.open("w");
myFile.write(myText);
myFile.close();
function GetDate() {
var myDate = new Date();
if ((myDate.getYear() - 100) < 10) {
var myYear = "0" + new String((myDate.getYear() - 100));
} else {
var myYear = new String ((myDate.getYear() - 100));
var myDateString = (myDate.getMonth() + 1) + "/" + myDate.getDate() + "/" + myYear + " " + myDate.getHours() + ":" + myDate.getMinutes() + ":" + myDate.getSeconds();
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A script to batch rename and relink images?
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First of all, I did search for this before asking and found many similar scripts for this, but as I don't know how to make or edit scripts, I couldn't use them...
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I take pictures of a swim team and I keyword tag each image with the swimmers name. I would like to batch rename and save in a new folder the files so they have the original filename and then the keyword name. I don't see that as an option in the metadata drop down or any of the other drop downs. Is there a way to do it? I have exported it and included the metadata information and from my PC I can see it in the lower picture data, but I am sharing with a Mac user and it is easiest if the name of the swimmer is in the filename. I have over 1100 pictures and renaming them manually would be too time consuming. Thank you for your input. MB
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