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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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Use the many options which are available for customizing and enhancing your
renaming experience!