I have about 10,000 dog images I need to rename according to a csv file. Each image has an id, which is linked to a breed. I would like to rename each file from its id to breedxxx where x is just an increasing number and its breed is corresponding to the id in the csv table. I have attached some images. Thank you all in advance for the support!
Check out Better Rename 11:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/better-rename-11/id1501308038?mt=12
I use version 10 of the app and it is quite good. According to the information on the App Store for Better Rename 11:
Although you can query the developer and make sure it does what you want as well.
MtD
The way I read this is that there will be duplicate breed entries so with each renaming pass involving an id, one must first check for the highest existing numeric increment for that specific breed and then increment the new filename by 1 during the rename operation.
What is an example of a finished rename for the first occurrence of the dingo breed? It isn't clear that it becomes dingo001.jpg, or dingo001_idstring.jpg.
Thanks for a lot of your responses on this site. Currently, using one of your other answers, I can rename images using a csv. The issue with this set is that you can't have duplicate names. A finished rename could be dingo001.jpg or dingo001_idstring.jpg; I don't really care as long as I can organize all of the breeds into a subfolders. With either of these renames, I could search "dingo" and make a folder of all of the dingos. Right now, my automation would name all dingo dogs dingo.jpg. Here is the organization I have in mind:
Oh my good VikingOSX you are literally a hero. I combined two of your answers (from different questions) and got it to work. This is just for an 8th grade project, but I wanted to let you know you are awesome. Keep up the great answers :)
Thank you for your response. Unfortunately, I do not really have $25 to spend on this. I was looking for a script that could accomplish my goal in a program like automator or terminal.
There are some really knowledgeable scripting people that hang around this forum, maybe one will put in their two cents.
MtD
Also, if you can, edit the title of your post to include "via automator or terminal" to attract the right response.
MtD
You are welcome. Glad some of my posted tools led to your solution.
Rename files in bulk according to CSV table
