Remove portion of filename
Hi,
I am trying to rename some files, or to be precise remove part of the filename instead. The part of the filename I wan't to remove is different from file to file. The files have two segments, the first part is a set of letters that I wan't to take a way. The second portion of the filename is a sequence number, which I would like to keep. The tools I have found so far, will only add to the new filename, or you have to change the whole filename.
Not sure if I asked a clear question but I hope someone still understand what I am looking for.
All help will be appreciated
Best Regards
Ketil V.
note:
Snow leopard's script editor is called /Applications/Utilities/AppleScript Editor.app.
Also in snow leopard, Automator has some prebuilt functions for renaming files that can easily
used to build an automator workflow used to find and rename files.
Here is a little app I found you might want to try:
http://web.mac.com/mickeyroberson/MRR_Software/NameChanger.html
Here is another app:
http://manytricks.com/namemangler/
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