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The Find & Replace Text Action
The Find & Replace Text Action
This allows you to easily find and replace text in the selected rename area, using wild cards if you like.
The 'Find only the first match' box is not ticked by default, but if it is then only the first match will be replaced.
The 'Find what' box is compulsory, which is why initially it has a red exclamation mark to the right of it. You can use
any of the three wild cards here. They behave in what should a familiar way, but here is further explanation:
Symbol Meaning Description
* (asterisk)
This matches zero or more characters, of any type
? (letter)
This matches (one or many) letters in the range a - z or A - Z
: (digit)
This matches (one or many) digit in the range 0 - 9
'Match each letter's case' only relates to the find value, not the replace. If this is selected the application will only
find that which is specified in the 'Find what' box, in the case that each letter is specified in.
The 'Replace with' is optional - if left empty then the 'Find what' value will be found in each file or folder and then
removed. However if this is specified, the find value will be replaced with this exact text.
Please note: You cannot specify forbidden symbols in this text box. Microsoft Windows forbids files and folders to have
the following symbols in their names and extensions:
\ / : * ? " < > |
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Option
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Selected Choice
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Replace in
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Every name
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Beginning at
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The start
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Find only the first match
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No
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Find what
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'file'
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Match each letter's case
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No
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Replace with
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''
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Original Files
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Renaming Preview
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old X fILE Name XX 1.txt
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old X Name XX 1.txt
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old X file Name XX 2.TXT
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old X Name XX 2.TXT
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Old X fILE NaMe XX 3.tXt
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Old X NaMe XX 3.tXt
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Option
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Selected Choice
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Replace in
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Every name
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Beginning at
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The start
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Find only the first match
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Yes
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Find what
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'X'
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Match each letter's case
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No
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Replace with
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'A'
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Original Files
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Renaming Preview
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old X fILE Name XX 1.txt
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old A fILE Name XX 1.txt
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old X file Name XX 2.TXT
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old A file Name XX 2.TXT
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Old X fILE NaMe XX 3.tXt
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Old A fILE NaMe XX 3.tXt
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Option
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Selected Choice
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Replace in
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Every name
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Beginning at
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The start
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Find only the first match
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No
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Find what
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'fILE'
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Match each letter's case
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Yes
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Replace with
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'new'
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Original Files
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Renaming Preview
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old X fILE Name XX 1.txt
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old X new Name XX 1.txt
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old X file Name XX 2.TXT
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old X file Name XX 2.TXT
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Old X fILE NaMe XX 3.tXt
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Old X new NaMe XX 3.tXt
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Option
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Selected Choice
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Replace in
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Every name
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Beginning at
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The start
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Find only the first match
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No
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Find what
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'f*e'
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Match each letter's case
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No
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Replace with
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''
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Original Files
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Renaming Preview
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old X fILE Name XX 1.txt
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old X Name XX 1.txt
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old X file Name XX 2.TXT
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old X Name XX 2.TXT
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Old X fILE NaMe XX 3.tXt
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Old X NaMe XX 3.tXt
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Option
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Selected Choice
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Replace in
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Every name
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Beginning at
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The start
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Find only the first match
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Yes
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Find what
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'2:'
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Match each letter's case
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No
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Replace with
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''
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Original Files
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Renaming Preview
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old file Name 213 H.TXT
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old file Name 3 H.TXT
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old file Name 212341 H.TXT
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old file Name 2341 H.TXT
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old file Nxxe 77741 H.TXT
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old file Nxxe 77741 H.TXT
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Option
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Selected Choice
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Replace in
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Every name
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Beginning at
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The start
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Find only the first match
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No
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Find what
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'2:'
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Match each letter's case
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No
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Replace with
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''
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Original Files
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Renaming Preview
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old file Name 213 H.TXT
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old file Name 3 H.TXT
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old file Name 212341 H.TXT
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old file Name 41 H.TXT
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old file Nxxe 77741 H.TXT
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old file Nxxe 77741 H.TXT
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Option
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Selected Choice
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Replace in
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Every name
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Beginning at
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The start
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Find only the first match
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No
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Find what
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'N??e '
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Match each letter's case
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No
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Replace with
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''
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Original Files
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Renaming Preview
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old file Name 213 H.TXT
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old file 213 H.TXT
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old file Name 212341 H.TXT
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old file 212341 H.TXT
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old file Nxxe 77741 H.TXT
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old file 77741 H.TXT
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