I am batch exporting filenames and I have no control over the ouput name of each file. I need to rename each filename to a specific standard. I have created a text file that has the exported filename in one column and what the filename should be renamed to in another column.
Is there a way to write a script that can use the text file to lookup the old name and rename it to the new name?
Solution
You have the old name and new name in two columns in a file. I will call the file "names.txt". Here is the script that will rename all of them in a batch.
var string names ; cat "names.txt" > $names while ($names <> "") do var str line ; lex "1" $names > $line var str oldname, newname ; wex "1" $line > $oldname ; wex "1" $line > $newname system rename ("""+$oldname+""") ("""+$newname+""") done
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