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  1. Aug 16th, 2002, 11:24 PM #1
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    sorting numerically inside a windows folder

    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
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  2. Aug 16th, 2002, 11:51 PM #2
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    What do you mean with "windows folder"?
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  3. Aug 17th, 2002, 09:19 AM #3
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    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?
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  4. Aug 17th, 2002, 09:25 AM #4
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    I still don't understand. Do you want an effective way to rename your files so that they are sorted right in Windows Explorer?
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  6. Aug 17th, 2002, 09:27 AM #5
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    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.
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    Do you know, beforehand, the number of files?
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  8. Aug 17th, 2002, 09:33 AM #7
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    Decide on a maximum number of files, say 10,000 and pad all numbers with zeros when the digits are not exactly 5.
    FILE1 - 00001_ABC.MP3
    FILE2 - 00002_EFG.MP3
    ......
    FILE112 - 00112_JMH.MP3
    .....
    FILE9999 - 09999_QRS.MP3
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  9. Aug 17th, 2002, 09:38 AM #8
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    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
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    Bear in mind that if you're going to include the 100000 you will need 5 leading zeros, not four.
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    speaking of files and folders, does Windows (esp.WIN98) have a limit as to the max number of files in any given folder?

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  13. Aug 17th, 2002, 09:50 AM #11
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    The padding works great. That was an easy fix, thanks again.
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