http://digikam.185.s1.nabble.com/Batch-rename-images-sequence-number-tp1735290p1735292.html
you can use rename (console or something like krename, i.e. a gui for
> 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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