Re: Randomise files in directory?

de Terry Pinnell 06/20/2006 08:40

Terry Pinnell <terrypin@dial.pipex.com> wrote:

>Does anyone know of a program that will input a selection of files in
>a Windows folder (or all of them), and randomly change all their
>filenames please?
>
>What prompts this apparently odd requirement is that I have a program
>called Dockware for my Pocket PC which sequentially displays all the
>JPGs in a specific folder. I've loaded that folder by copying from my
>PC, so there are many 'blocks' of similar photos (such as holidays,
>the kids, etc.) I'd like them to be displayed less predictably, so
>need to rename them randomly. Dockware itself has no facility to do
>that.
>
>IOW, I want to take files like
>
>France2002-01.jpg
>France2002-03.jpg
>France2002-04.jpg
>Spain 1997-09.jpg
>Spain 1997-13.jpg
>etc
>
>and end up with say
>
>xgh3.jpg
>2frt.jpg
>qq4k.jpg
>1hfd.jpg
>zxur.jpg
>etc
>
>When displayed alphabetically, these will then effectively be
>randomised.

Sorted (!) thanks. Jim Willsher's excellent Bulk Rename Utility
includes a Randomise facility.

--
Terry, West Sussex, UK