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Rename Finder Item 1.0
Function: Renames a single Finder item.
Author: Hanaan Rosenthal
Input: Files/Folders
Output: Files/Folders
Notes: Unlike the Rename Finder Items action that comes with Automator, this action will replace the entire name of the file with a new name.
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I know this is a really old post, but I found while searching for a way to get Automator to prompt the user the enter a filename (as per comment 11). Although I’m using version 2.0.2, which looks a bit different, here’s how to do it. Select “Options” in the “Rename Finder Items” action and check the box next to “Show this action when the workflow runs”. Finally figured it out!
Comment by Lonnie Tapscott — December 17, 2008 @ 2:26 pm
Can you add a way to prompt for the user to enter a filename?
Comment by Collin — June 5, 2007 @ 7:40 am
Do you have an action that will rename a set of files based on a string pattern? I wish to do a batch rename so that the files are sorted by date, so that Feb0607. becomes 070206. Note that this requires a lookup table to determine that Feb = 02.
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