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September 16, 2025

Batch rename facility

  • September 16, 2025
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I use the batch rename facility in different folders, once I'm finished sorting through images. I have various presets saved depending on what job I'm working on.
Please can we have the default set to number 1 when renumbering, or at least the option to set it always as 1. I don't want sequentially numbered images across different folders. I want to start each first image in a new folder to start at 0001. Not the last number that I finished with +1

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    September 16, 2025
    I asked over at the ExifTool forum and Phil Harvey was quick to add this feature:

    Reset Sequential Numbering for Each Directory Processed (https://exiftool.org/forum/index.php?topic=9761.0)

    exiftool -fileOrder Filename -Filename=%f_%-1.3C.%e -r  'system path to root/top-level folder to recursively process'
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