


Anything matched between the round bracket () groups will be ‘captured’ and can be used in the replace pattern as $1, $2, etc. The match pattern means: starting at the beginning of the filename ( ^), match the text img00, then match one or more ( +) digits ( \d), then the text _sshot, then the optional ( ?) text _thumbnail. After you exit Vim, the files will be renamed. Entering vimv opens a Vim window which lists down all files and you can do pattern matching, visual select, etc to edit the names. Moderator Note: This might be easier to accomplish now with the help of our naming conventions feature and the Dropbox Automations too 2 Likes Reply Sarah S. Using RegexRenamer you could apply the following regex: vimv lets you rename multiple files using Vims text editing capabilities. If the files are synced to your computer then you can probably find a third-party utility that can do a bulk rename on your files. Note: If you just want to rename some of these files, you can press and hold Ctrl and click the target files. Step 2: Select all the items by pressing Ctrl + A or clicking Select all under Home tab.

You want to rename the files to something that makes more sense, such as “ ” and “ tutorial_”. Step 1: Open the folder with files to rename in File Explorer and choose to view with Details. Say you are taking screenshots of an application for a tutorial and the screenshot program outputs files in the format: Step 1: Open the folder with files to rename in File Explorer and choose to view with Details.
