https://docs.dopus.com/ 2026-05-14T18:21:14+00:00 https://docs.dopus.com/ https://docs.dopus.com/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=logo.png text/html 2023-11-28T03:46:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.dopus.com/doku.php?id=file_operations:renaming_files:advanced_rename:rename_actions&rev=1701143215&do=diff The actions section of the Rename dialog is where you can enable other rename actions besides the primary pattern-based operation (which is controlled by the mode section of the dialog). The options that you enable here will affect your rename operation no matter which of the primary modes you've chosen. The transformations are applied after your pattern-based operation (you can think of the rename procedure as happening from top-to-bottom down the Rename dialog). text/html 2023-11-28T02:14:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.dopus.com/doku.php?id=file_operations:renaming_files:advanced_rename:rename_modes&rev=1701137699&do=diff The top section of the Rename dialog is where you define the rename mode - which determines the way the two input fields, old name and new name are interpreted.  Use the Mode drop-down to select the rename mode. * Standard Wildcard Rename: enter a new name literally or rename using a simple wildcard system. text/html 2023-11-28T04:20:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.dopus.com/doku.php?id=file_operations:renaming_files:advanced_rename:rename_options&rev=1701145215&do=diff The Options section of the Rename dialog contains options which don't affect the new filenames, but instead affect how the rename operation itself behaves. * Apply actions even if pattern doesn't match: If a selected file doesn't match the specified wildcard pattern, normally the rename command will skip it. If this option is on then options like text/html 2026-03-18T19:54:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.dopus.com/doku.php?id=file_operations:renaming_files:advanced_rename:rename_presets&rev=1773863697&do=diff The presets section of the Rename dialog lets you store and manage rename presets: predefined rename operations that can be invoked repeatedly without having to configure the parameters of the rename each time. Number Files is a rename preset that comes supplied with Directory Opus as an example. To load a preset, simply double-click it, or select it from the list and click the text/html 2023-11-28T04:47:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.dopus.com/doku.php?id=file_operations:renaming_files:advanced_rename:rename_scripts&rev=1701146872&do=diff This is by far the most powerful, but also most complicated, feature of the Advanced Rename dialog. Using VBScript, JScript or other ActiveX scripting languages, you can write a rename function that gives you complete control over the outcome of the rename operation. text/html 2023-11-28T04:51:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.dopus.com/doku.php?id=file_operations:renaming_files:advanced_rename:renaming_with_metadata&rev=1701147115&do=diff You can use metadata (information about a file) to build up the new names of files by using various metadata insertion codes in the new name field.   In this example the original names of the MP3 files gave no information as to their content (01.mp3