Presentation

Siren has for main goal the mass renaming of files and folders.

Its guiding principle is the use of expressions. A rename expression describes how to build a new name. It can contain text and information specific to each treated file. The latter are used through "variables".


Here is a rapid description of a rename operation :



Choose the directory containing the files you want to rename
Select the files by clicking their checkboxes
Enter a rename expression in the "Expression" text field, try : MyFile_%n.%e
Press the "Enter" key
%n is a variable. It represents the selection number (the value of the "Sel" column) and follows the order you have selected the files
%e is a variable. It represents the extension of the file (for "photo.jpg" it is "jpg")
The rest is fixed text that is copied as it is
The "New name" is automatically computed
Click on the button with the "Play" shape, the renamings are done




If you had clicked on the button with a "Fast forward" shape then instead of having renamed the files you would have copied them and named the copies after their "New name".