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Hello,
I am trying to sort filenames numerically inside a windows folder. If I add a 01 to a filename, that will keep them in order in a windows folder until I reach 100. Then 10_abc sits with 100_def, 20_abc sits with 200_def, etc... I need to sort them where 10 is 10 and 100 is 100. Does anybody have any ideas how to do this? I've spent alot of time looking through the posts and haven't found anything. If somebody could help me I would really appreciate it.
Thanks in advance, Rick :)
What do you mean with "windows folder"?
What I'm doing is adding numbers to the beginning of a filename. I'm using this for keeping filenames in specified order when creating an .mp3 disc. i.e When looking at these files in Windows 10_abc.mp3, 100_def.mp3, they are together. I thought about using letters and numbers, but there could be 10,000 items. I just can't think of a good way to do this. Does anybody have a better idea?
Thanks, Rick
I still don't understand. Do you want an effective way to rename your files so that they are sorted right in Windows Explorer?
Yeah, that is exactly what I'm looking for. I could be using 10,000 or more files and need to sort them in a certain order.
Do you know, beforehand, the number of files?
Decide on a maximum number of files, say 10,000 and pad all numbers with zeros when the digits are not exactly 5.
hthQuote:
FILE1 - 00001_ABC.MP3
FILE2 - 00002_EFG.MP3
......
FILE112 - 00112_JMH.MP3
.....
FILE9999 - 09999_QRS.MP3
No, I don't no how many but I could set a limit of a 100000 I think that would be big enough. Thanks to both for your replies. I'll give it a try :D
~Rick
Bear in mind that if you're going to include the 100000 you will need 5 leading zeros, not four.
speaking of files and folders, does Windows (esp.WIN98) have a limit as to the max number of files in any given folder?
The padding works great. That was an easy fix, thanks again.
UR Welcome:)