Batch - rename images - sequence number

[efpost]

Hi,

quite recently I switched from windows to linux and from imatch to
digikam. I'm using version 0.7.4.

I have not yet solved the following problem: I have got, let's say, 150
images on my camera with names like IMG_9753.JPG and so on in sequence.
I want to store them in digikam with names like cityname-9753.JPG. There
are two possible solutions.
1) The downloading process offers me the possibility to change the names
including a sequence number. But this number starts with 1.

2) After I have stored said 150 images in my digikam albums I can
batch-rename them according to my needs. In the above example I would
set a prefix string like cityname-97 and a sequence number start value
of 53, because it is not possible to set a 3 or 4-digit start value.
This results in the image renamed cityname-97053. If the number of
images to be renamed is more then 9, digikam inserts a leading 0 between
prefix string and sequence number.

Workaround for me is to rename in batches of 9 images. That is quite
cumbersome.

Wish is to have sequence number start values both at downloading and
batch renaming which accept up to 5-digit numbers.

Hope is that I have overseen some features or made a mistake and that
somebody will guide me to the right solution.

Regards
Udo Einhoff

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[Rainer Lay]

you can use rename (console or something like krename, i.e. a gui for
rename):
rename IMG cityname IMG*.jpg
this will replace IMG with cityname for all file *.jpg.
If you have problems wildcarding the correct files, simply move them to
individual directories.

rgds, Rainer

efpost wrote:

> Hi,
>
> quite recently I switched from windows to linux and from imatch to
> digikam. I'm using version 0.7.4.
>
> I have not yet solved the following problem: I have got, let's say, 150
> images on my camera with names like IMG_9753.JPG and so on in sequence.
> I want to store them in digikam with names like cityname-9753.JPG. There
> are two possible solutions.
> 1) The downloading process offers me the possibility to change the names
> including a sequence number. But this number starts with 1.
>
> 2) After I have stored said 150 images in my digikam albums I can
> batch-rename them according to my needs. In the above example I would
> set a prefix string like cityname-97 and a sequence number start value
> of 53, because it is not possible to set a 3 or 4-digit start value.
> This results in the image renamed cityname-97053. If the number of
> images to be renamed is more then 9, digikam inserts a leading 0 between
> prefix string and sequence number.
>
> Workaround for me is to rename in batches of 9 images. That is quite
> cumbersome.
>
> Wish is to have sequence number start values both at downloading and
> batch renaming which accept up to 5-digit numbers.
>
> Hope is that I have overseen some features or made a mistake and that
> somebody will guide me to the right solution.
>
> Regards
> Udo Einhoff
>
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[efpost]

Hi Rainer,
thanks for the quick answer. Command line rename didn't work for me.
I got the following error-message
> Bareword "IMG" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at (eval 1) line 1 <, whatever that means.

Krename worked wonderful and did batch-renaming as expected.

But still I want to see this feature inserted into digikam.

Thanks again,
Udo

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Rainer Lay wrote:

you can use rename (console or something like krename, i.e. a gui for
rename):
rename IMG cityname IMG*.jpg
this will replace IMG with cityname for all file *.jpg.
If you have problems wildcarding the correct files, simply move them to
individual directories.

rgds, Rainer

efpost wrote:
>/ Hi,
/>/
/>/ quite recently I switched from windows to linux and from imatch to
/>/ digikam. I'm using version 0.7.4.
/>/
/>/ I have not yet solved the following problem: I have got, let's say, 150
/>/ images on my camera with names like IMG_9753.JPG and so on in sequence.
/>/ I want to store them in digikam with names like cityname-9753.JPG. There
/>/ are two possible solutions.
/>/ 1) The downloading process offers me the possibility to change the names
/>/ including a sequence number. But this number starts with 1.
/>/
/>/ 2) After I have stored said 150 images in my digikam albums I can
/>/ batch-rename them according to my needs. In the above example I would
/>/ set a prefix string like cityname-97 and a sequence number start value
/>/ of 53, because it is not possible to set a 3 or 4-digit start value.
/>/ This results in the image renamed cityname-97053. If the number of
/>/ images to be renamed is more then 9, digikam inserts a leading 0 between
/>/ prefix string and sequence number.
/>/
/>/ Workaround for me is to rename in batches of 9 images. That is quite
/>/ cumbersome.
/>/
/>/ Wish is to have sequence number start values both at downloading and
/>/ batch renaming which accept up to 5-digit numbers.
/>/
/>/ Hope is that I have overseen some features or made a mistake and that
/>/ somebody will guide me to the right solution.
/>/
/>/ Regards
/>/ Udo Einhoff/

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