Batch Renaming Folders

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Is there a way to batch replace current folder names with increasing numbers? The "Rename Finder Items" built-in feature only lets you replace in the 'Find and replace text' kind of way. Not all my current folder names have common characters.
I'm using Mojave, btw.

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You could try and do it with a bash script. As noted here unix.stackexchange.com/questions/216659/â€¦ I like @eapo's solution.
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You could try and do it with a bash script. As noted here unix.stackexchange.com/questions/216659/â€¦ I like @eapo's solution.
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macos finder folders mojave rename

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You could try and do it with a bash script. As noted here unix.stackexchange.com/questions/216659/â€¦ I like @eapo's solution.
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You could try and do it with a bash script. As noted here unix.stackexchange.com/questions/216659/â€¦ I like @eapo's solution.
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You could try and do it with a bash script. As noted here unix.stackexchange.com/questions/216659/â€¦ I like @eapo's solution.
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Select all the folders you want to rename, right click them and select "Rename [number] Items..."

When you use the "Rename Finder Items" feature, you have to change it from "Replace Text" to "Format" in the drop down menu:

enter image description here

Now you can rename it however you want:

enter image description here

(I'll add better images later)

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Here is an AppleScript solution that is quite efficient. You can save this code in script editor.app as an application.

set newName to 0
set theFolder to (choose folder with prompt "Choose Folder" with invisibles)

tell application "Finder"
 set theFolders to folders of theFolder 
 set sortedFolders to sort theFolders by name
 repeat with i from 1 to count of sortedFolders
 set newName to newName + 1
 set thisItem to item i of sortedFolders
 set name of thisItem to newName
 end repeat
end tell

enter image description here

If you would prefer the single digit folder names to appear as double digit (01,02,03 etc.), use this following version of the script instead

set newName to 0
set theFolder to (choose folder with prompt "Choose Folder" with invisibles)

tell application "Finder"
 set theFolders to folders of theFolder
 set sortedFolders to sort theFolders by name
 repeat with i from 1 to count of sortedFolders
 set newName to newName + 1
 set thisItem to item i of sortedFolders
 if newName is less than 10 then
 set name of thisItem to 0 & newName as string
 else
 set name of thisItem to newName
 end if
 end repeat
end tell

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Select all the folders you want to rename, right click them and select "Rename [number] Items..."

When you use the "Rename Finder Items" feature, you have to change it from "Replace Text" to "Format" in the drop down menu:

enter image description here

Now you can rename it however you want:

enter image description here

(I'll add better images later)

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Select all the folders you want to rename, right click them and select "Rename [number] Items..."

When you use the "Rename Finder Items" feature, you have to change it from "Replace Text" to "Format" in the drop down menu:

enter image description here

Now you can rename it however you want:

enter image description here

(I'll add better images later)

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Select all the folders you want to rename, right click them and select "Rename [number] Items..."

When you use the "Rename Finder Items" feature, you have to change it from "Replace Text" to "Format" in the drop down menu:

enter image description here

Now you can rename it however you want:

enter image description here

(I'll add better images later)

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answered 2 hours ago

abc

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Select all the folders you want to rename, right click them and select "Rename [number] Items..."

When you use the "Rename Finder Items" feature, you have to change it from "Replace Text" to "Format" in the drop down menu:

enter image description here

Now you can rename it however you want:

enter image description here

(I'll add better images later)

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Here is an AppleScript solution that is quite efficient. You can save this code in script editor.app as an application.

set newName to 0
set theFolder to (choose folder with prompt "Choose Folder" with invisibles)

tell application "Finder"
 set theFolders to folders of theFolder 
 set sortedFolders to sort theFolders by name
 repeat with i from 1 to count of sortedFolders
 set newName to newName + 1
 set thisItem to item i of sortedFolders
 set name of thisItem to newName
 end repeat
end tell

enter image description here

If you would prefer the single digit folder names to appear as double digit (01,02,03 etc.), use this following version of the script instead

set newName to 0
set theFolder to (choose folder with prompt "Choose Folder" with invisibles)

tell application "Finder"
 set theFolders to folders of theFolder
 set sortedFolders to sort theFolders by name
 repeat with i from 1 to count of sortedFolders
 set newName to newName + 1
 set thisItem to item i of sortedFolders
 if newName is less than 10 then
 set name of thisItem to 0 & newName as string
 else
 set name of thisItem to newName
 end if
 end repeat
end tell

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up vote
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Here is an AppleScript solution that is quite efficient. You can save this code in script editor.app as an application.

set newName to 0
set theFolder to (choose folder with prompt "Choose Folder" with invisibles)

tell application "Finder"
 set theFolders to folders of theFolder 
 set sortedFolders to sort theFolders by name
 repeat with i from 1 to count of sortedFolders
 set newName to newName + 1
 set thisItem to item i of sortedFolders
 set name of thisItem to newName
 end repeat
end tell

enter image description here

If you would prefer the single digit folder names to appear as double digit (01,02,03 etc.), use this following version of the script instead

set newName to 0
set theFolder to (choose folder with prompt "Choose Folder" with invisibles)

tell application "Finder"
 set theFolders to folders of theFolder
 set sortedFolders to sort theFolders by name
 repeat with i from 1 to count of sortedFolders
 set newName to newName + 1
 set thisItem to item i of sortedFolders
 if newName is less than 10 then
 set name of thisItem to 0 & newName as string
 else
 set name of thisItem to newName
 end if
 end repeat
end tell

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up vote
2
down vote

Here is an AppleScript solution that is quite efficient. You can save this code in script editor.app as an application.

set newName to 0
set theFolder to (choose folder with prompt "Choose Folder" with invisibles)

tell application "Finder"
 set theFolders to folders of theFolder 
 set sortedFolders to sort theFolders by name
 repeat with i from 1 to count of sortedFolders
 set newName to newName + 1
 set thisItem to item i of sortedFolders
 set name of thisItem to newName
 end repeat
end tell

enter image description here

If you would prefer the single digit folder names to appear as double digit (01,02,03 etc.), use this following version of the script instead

set newName to 0
set theFolder to (choose folder with prompt "Choose Folder" with invisibles)

tell application "Finder"
 set theFolders to folders of theFolder
 set sortedFolders to sort theFolders by name
 repeat with i from 1 to count of sortedFolders
 set newName to newName + 1
 set thisItem to item i of sortedFolders
 if newName is less than 10 then
 set name of thisItem to 0 & newName as string
 else
 set name of thisItem to newName
 end if
 end repeat
end tell

edited 45 mins ago

answered 1 hour ago

wch1zpink

2,589417

Here is an AppleScript solution that is quite efficient. You can save this code in script editor.app as an application.

set newName to 0
set theFolder to (choose folder with prompt "Choose Folder" with invisibles)

tell application "Finder"
 set theFolders to folders of theFolder 
 set sortedFolders to sort theFolders by name
 repeat with i from 1 to count of sortedFolders
 set newName to newName + 1
 set thisItem to item i of sortedFolders
 set name of thisItem to newName
 end repeat
end tell

enter image description here

If you would prefer the single digit folder names to appear as double digit (01,02,03 etc.), use this following version of the script instead

set newName to 0
set theFolder to (choose folder with prompt "Choose Folder" with invisibles)

tell application "Finder"
 set theFolders to folders of theFolder
 set sortedFolders to sort theFolders by name
 repeat with i from 1 to count of sortedFolders
 set newName to newName + 1
 set thisItem to item i of sortedFolders
 if newName is less than 10 then
 set name of thisItem to 0 & newName as string
 else
 set name of thisItem to newName
 end if
 end repeat
end tell

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