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> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of
> Alexander Duryee
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 11:19 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] A smart bulk file name editor?
>
> Amy,
>
> It sounds like this is a three-
- coding is needed
for the general case.
Christina
-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of
Alexander Duryee
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 11:19 AM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] A smart bulk file name editor?
Amy
Amy,
It sounds like this is a three-step process for each file:
1) Feed the PDF (as a data blob) into a script
2) Parse out the data that you're looking for (title, author, year)
3) Build a string using your parsed data, and move the file to that new
filename
1 and 3 should be simple with any sc
It won't surprise you coders do this all the time and so there are 80 ways
to do this, so your peril is choice not scarcity.
Although there are a ton of tools that will do this for non-coders:
https://www.google.com/webhp?q=file%20renamer
On Windows robocopy is popular.
The truth is though most
Hi,
I'm looking for a smart bulk file editor, if it exists. Specifically I'd
like it to be able to move through a list of PDF files that are published
research papers, and rename them in this approximate format, based on the
contents of the file:
firstauthor_firstfewwordsoftitle_year.pdf
I know t
