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- PFrank is a bulk file renaming utility. It can be used to rename
- files using regular expressions or pre-defined renaming commands.
- The predefined renaming commands allow letter case translation and insertion
- of counters, dates, parent folder names, file properties information,
- tag information or other meta-data from music files, image files, HTML (or
- other Markup Language) files, email files, microsoft office files, or video
- files. You can also define your own predefined commands!
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- The use of regular expressions for renaming is extremely powerful. This
- tool allows you to run not one, but a series of regular-expression based
- search/replace actions. You define the search/replace actions and you
- choose the sequence! You can also add the pre-defined renaming commands
- into the sequence list. The list can be saved during your session for later
- reloading. Any number of lists can be saved. The lists can be managed with
- a list manager.
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- All current configuration settings are saved between sessions. All settings
- can be saved into personal configuration files. All settings can be loaded
- from the configuration files.
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- Specialized renaming is also available for music files. This can be used
- to give all your music files consistent naming. For example, depending on
- how the music files were created, they may use different letter cases for
- the filename prefix or extension, different delimiters for field separation,
- different bracketing characters, different conventions for whitespace, etc.
- With one command many different types of inconsistencies will be corrected.
- Each aspect of the renaming can be optionally disabled.
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- When PFrank is run, a current folder is selected by the user which can then
- be filtered and scanned for files/folders to rename. Subfolders can also be scanned
- if desired. When a search for files to be renamed is completed, the tool
- will have produced an internal list of renaming commands. The internal list
- is used later to carry out the renaming.
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- PFrank produces errors if new names will be renamed to the same name as
- already existing files or if new names will be renamed to the same name as
- other new names. In such cases, the internal list will be stripped of the
- invalid renaming sequences. There is an option available to automatically
- resolve the naming conflicts, however, it would be wise to clean up any
- such warnings manually beforehand.
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- PFrank produces errors if new names contain unprintable characters or
- invalid Windows filename characters. This is possible when using regular
- expressions or when inserting tags from file headers. In such cases, the
- internal list will be stripped of the invalid renaming sequences. It is
- left to the user to correct the source of the problem so that the invalid
- characters are not produced in the new names.
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- PFrank produces errors if new names (including path) are longer than 256
- characters. This is a Windows limitation. In such cases, the internal list
- will be stripped of the invalid renaming sequences.
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- PFrank produces warnings if tags are not found during tag insertion. It
- can be configured to instead produce errors or just ignore the missing tag.
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- The user can preview the renaming to ensure that no unintentional renaming
- will occur. The previewer also includes any of the file information or meta-
- data used during the insertion. The columns of meta data can be managed
- using a sophisticated column manager.
- The previewer also shows all information about any errors or warnings that
- were detected during the scan. If there is some unintentional renaming
- specified, then the user can either correct the renaming manually or simply
- rerun the scan with appropriate modifications. Once satisfied with the
- preview result, the user can carry out the renaming.
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- If for some reason, renaming is performed but the names need to be converted
- back to their original names, there is a command available for undoing the
- previous renaming.
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- Renaming and Undo DOS-style batch files can also be created if desired. A
- command-line interface that has the same renaming capability as the GUI is
- also available.
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- Use the many options which are available for customizing and enhancing your
- renaming experience!
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