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Originally Posted by Adoby
No.
But there are plenty of other utilities to rename files in bulk.
My favorite is LibreOffice Calc. I create a file list in text format using ls (dir) and import that to Calc.
Then I change it into a shell script (batch file) that copies the files with new names to another directory. Plenty of string functions and conditions and logic. And only the filenames are changed.
Why do you mind that the checksums change? Can't you just update them?
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I am aware of the bulk renaming files, and I do have some very good ones (such as Advanced Renamer Portable) but they don't fit this scenario.
If I have a folder like this
I Love You More.mp3
Can I Bitch.mp3
Bully.mp3
Come On In.mp3
I can use one such program to add "Eminem" before each title without affecting it's checksum. Or use MP3tag.
But with books this won't work. I have to open each pdf to see what it's called, who wrote it and then tediously c/p that for every file and rename manually. I was hoping that Calibre might help avoid all that.
For instance if I have something like this in my sorted folder:
Liz Neporent Suzanne Schlosberg - Weight Training for Dummies.pdf
http://www.amazon.com/Weight-Trainin.../dp/076455168X
But then I get a second bodybuilding pack from somewhere else and it includes the same book, but this time it's called Weight training guide.pdf (no author and wrong title), the duplicate checker won't be able to tell it's the same book checking by name, and comparing the checksum won't work either if the former was renamed using Calibre because its checksum will have changed.