And just to throw in some other options, you could do this with [motex/system] and [popen] also. Or write a little Lua or Tcl script and make an object out of it for pdlua or tclpd.
.hc On Mar 1, 2012, at 3:03 PM, David Schaffer wrote: > I think the ideal would be to do this outside of Pd with a dedicated software > (like batch file renamer on windows or anything from the appstore on mac). > if, for some reason, you really wanna do this within Pd, then you should take > a look at the attached patch: it's a loop recorder that can save audio to > files in a dedicated folder and name these files sequentially. You can > probably modify it to do just what you want. But were talking .wav here, I'm > not sure what to do with jpg's. Anyway, hope it helps... > > note: the "choose directory" function on the patch requires you to click on a > file in the desired directory. If there is none, you can just create an empty > notepad file or something. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/schafferdavid/ > http://audioblog.arteradio.com/David_Schaffer/ > > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 22:18:47 +0000 > Subject: [PD] renaming files on the fly > > Hello > > Is there a way with pd to rapidly rename files downloaed from the internet? > For example I will be downloading .jpgs with all sorts of long reference names > xxxxxxxxx.jpg and I want to automatically rename it “1.jpg” > Is this possible > > Thanks in advance > > pp > > Patrick Pagano, B.S, M.F.A > Assistant in Digital Arts and Science > Digital Worlds Institute > University of Florida, USA > (352)294-2020 > > > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management > ->http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > <loopcatcher~.pd>_______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A cellphone to me is just an opportunity to be irritated wherever you are." - Linus Torvalds
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