Recently, I needed to rename several folders of files. They were all HTML files for web sites with the extension “.html”, which means that they are static HTML files — they don’t change when they’re called.
I wanted them to be “.php” files so that I could make file maintenance easier. This way, I can have common headers, footers and other parts of the page — and have them stored one time in a single file.
Also, that way, if I want to change the footer, I change it in the footer’s file. Then, as each web page gets called, it grabs the footer file and includes it. All I have to do is to make one change to one file — and they’re all changed.
My tool for this was a freeware program called Lupus Rename.
By the way, I also received an email from someone who wanted to rename a bunch of picture files from their camera. The camera named the files something like “NAME 001.JPG”, while their slideshow program wanted the names formatted like “001 NAME.JPG”. That kind of modification looks like it would be easy with Lupas Rename.
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