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CookieMonster wrote:I have a huge list of files, some of those files were created, nine months ago, others the past 30 days. I want to batch rename all the files, but give the older files a different file name, then the newer files.

CookieMonster wrote:Can you rename files specific criteria, based on the files age ?

TheQwerty wrote:Maybe you should hire a programmer to help with all your odd "time-saving" requests?

Stefan wrote:

CookieMonster wrote:Can you rename files specific criteria, based on the files age ?

This could be done by a script.
If you can't write a script, at least write the wanted logic in English words, like:

for each file in [select folder]
    var = get modifcation date
       if (today minus var == more than 90 days) then do this:
       if (today minus var == less than 90 days) then do this:
next file


Perhaps somebody get an idea and the time to aid you....

CookieMonster wrote:Do you have to set the "select folder" as a variable ?

// loop through the whole current list

    // go to top to first item:
   //sel 1; 

   //loop till end of list:
   while ( "<curitem>" != "" )
   {


        //do something:
        msg "<curitem>",1;
   


  
       //select next item in list to work on:
       sel "+1";
   }

// loop through the whole list
   //sel 1; // go to top first, if you want.
   
   
   while ( "<curitem>" != "" )
   {

        /*
               See Help > Variables
               <date>      current date
               <datem>     modified date of the current list item
               <datec>     created date of the current list item
               <datea>     accessed date of the current list item
        */

        //do an diff on current item against current date:

        //datediff(date1, [date2=now], [interval=d])
        $DateDiff = datediff("<datem>");


        //check if DateDiff is greater than 90 (days here):
        if($DateDiff > 90){

                    //if yes, do this:
                    msg "OLD ONE FOUND<crlf 2><curitem> - <datem> - $DateDiff days old.",1;

        }else{

                    //if not, do this here:
                    msg "This is too young: <curitem> - <datem> - $DateDiff days old.",1;

        }
        
     sel "+1";
    }

CookieMonster wrote:Stefan, I can read the script, but like some people when it comes to speaking a language, I have problems putting the language together

Reading the scripts does help to make sense.

My goal was the script would rename the older files a set name that I would be prompt with, then the younger files a set name, once again I would be prompt with, and finally the newest files, once again I would be prompt with. Regardless if there are (50) old files, those old file could be renamed as such; the first file would be <acme2>, each sequential file would be <acme3,4,5,6,7.....> if there is a letter in place such as; <acmeA7> then it would be <acmeB8,C9,D9 etc....> if it were to reach the end of the alphabet then a letter would be replaced with a number starting at 0.

j_c_hallgren wrote:

CookieMonster wrote:

And it's my guess that until you begin to show some serious efforts on your own to learn scripting,

My goal was the script would rename the older files a set name that I would be prompt with, then the younger files a set name, once again I would be prompt with, and finally the newest files, once again I would be prompt with. Regardless if there are (50) old files, those old file could be renamed as such;

the first file would be <acme2>, each sequential file would be <acme3,4,5,6,7.....>
if there is a letter in place such as; <acmeA7> then it would be <acmeB8,C9,D9 etc....>
if it were to reach the end of the alphabet then a letter would be replaced with a number starting at 0.

Huh
But it would be from much help if youanybody could better format there postings.
Just use a few more line breaks and break your prose into shorter steb-by-step explanations.
I am not in the mood to even read such a mess of a word stream