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hmTitle:"Rename",
hmDescription:"In the Actions menu, the Rename  command renames the selected files and folders.",
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hmHeader:"<h1 class=\"p_Heading1\"><span class=\"f_Heading1\">Rename<\/span><\/h1>\n\r",
hmBody:"<p class=\"p_Normal\">In the <span class=\"f_Command\">Actions<\/span> menu, the <span class=\"f_Command\">Rename<\/span> <img style=\"margin:0;width:1.0000rem;height:1.0000rem;border:none\" src=\".\/images\/rename.png\"\/> command renames the selected files and folders.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">In the <span class=\"f_Command\">Action<\/span> subsection, you can pick either <span class=\"f_Command\">DOS compatible<\/span> or <span class=\"f_Command\">Regular expressions<\/span> rename.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Subtitle\"><span class=\"f_Subtitle\">DOS rename<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">To rename files using DOS wildcards, pick <span class=\"f_Command\">DOS compatible<\/span> in the Rename dialog.  In the <span class=\"f_Command\">New mask<\/span> edit, enter the new name.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">If multiple files or folders are selected, a base mask is computed which represents the overlap of all the names.  An asterisk (*) is used to represent one or more characters, while a question mark (?) is used to represent a single character.  Leave these characters alone, but change others to produce unique names for each of the selected files or folders.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">Examples:<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">Assume that you\'ve selected the following files to rename:<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_CourierFixed\">abc1.txt<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_CourierFixed\">abc2.txt<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_CourierFixed\">abc3.txt<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_IndentedCode\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">If you enter &quot;abc?.bak&quot; as the new mask, the files will be renamed to:<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_CourierFixed\">abc1.bak<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_CourierFixed\">abc2.bak<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_CourierFixed\">abc3.bak<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_IndentedCode\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">If you enter &quot;xyz?.txt&quot; as the new mask, the files will be renamed to:<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_CourierFixed\">xyz1.txt<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_CourierFixed\">xyz2.txt<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_CourierFixed\">xyz3.txt<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_IndentedCode\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Subtitle\"><span class=\"f_Subtitle\">Regular expression rename<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">To rename files using <a href=\"regular_expression_reference.html\" class=\"topiclink\">Perl compatible regular expressions<\/a>, pick <span class=\"f_Command\">Regular expressions<\/span> in the Rename dialog.  In the <span class=\"f_Command\">Old mask<\/span> edit, enter a regular expression that is matched against the original filename.  In the <span class=\"f_Command\">New mask<\/span> edit, enter a template used to generate a new filename.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">Examples:<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">Assume that you\'ve selected the following files to rename:<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_CourierFixed\">abc1.txt<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_CourierFixed\">abc2.txt<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_CourierFixed\">abc3.txt<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_IndentedCode\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">If you enter &quot;txt&quot; as the old mask and &quot;bak&quot; as the new mask, the files will be renamed to:<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_CourierFixed\">abc1.bak<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_CourierFixed\">abc2.bak<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_CourierFixed\">abc3.bak<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_IndentedCode\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">If you enter &quot;.*(\\d\\.txt)&quot; as the old mask and &quot;xyz\$1&quot; as the new mask, the files will be renamed to:<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_CourierFixed\">xyz1.txt<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_CourierFixed\">xyz2.txt<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_IndentedCode\"><span class=\"f_CourierFixed\">xyz3.txt<\/span><\/p>\n\r"
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