How to remove first 5 characters in file name using batch rename

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October 2, 2020
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I have a series of files that are named like: 0001 IMG_5564

I would like to remove the first 5 digits of the file name (0001 /4 numers and a space), so I am left with IMG_5564.jpg

Tried a bunch of combinations, but can't seem to make it work. Suggestions?

Thank you!

~ Kathleen

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Correct answer kathleen08

I just needed to keep searching!

The answer is a string substitution of:

^.{5}

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Marc26020776du2m

Participant

adobe as a brief explanation on their site of regular expressions as well, linked below. i needed to remove "-proof" from about 41,000 files from a previous designer at my job to adhere to a better, more logical, naming scheme. i ended up using the simple expression " \-(proof) ". that took me about 15 minutes to figure out because I've never used regular expressions, so i hope that can help someone cut a corner.

https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/developing-applications/the-cfml-programming-language/using-regular-expressions-in-functions/regular-expression-syntax.html

patrickh27764550

Inspiring

This just saved me several hours of work. TYVM

I have over 3000 pictures from my holiday and the file names started with a sequence number followed by date, time, and description. I had to insert t pictures in the low 0500s.

I used this to remove the sequence number. The date and time kept them in the right order. Then I added in the new sequence number.

Is there a list of other codes similar to this? It could be handy in the future.

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

@patrickh27764550 – Regular Expressions (sometimes called GREP, RegEx, RegExp etc) are a whole "language", they can be generic or very much case-dependent.

One of many resources:

https://www.regular-expressions.info/