Batch renaming of filenames using string substitution in Lightroom Classic

[RichardLaBella]

I have my images named with the first two numerals for the year taken and then the sequence#.

For example:   _06_12345.cr3

I want to eliminate the first underscore on all the image filenames taken in 2006 in LR Classic:

    _06_12345.cr3     would become   06_12345.cr3

I want to search with a wildcard to locate all the _06_*.* images and then eliminate the underscore and leave the remaining filename intact.

Is this possible?

[johnrellis]

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1. In the Library Filter bar, filter for all file names starting with _06_:

2. Then use the Search Replace Transfer plugin to replace _06_ in those file names with the empty string, using the method described here.

(Step 1 is needed to avoid accidentally renaming file names that contain _06_ somewhere other than the beginning.)

[RichardLaBella]

The good news in my case is that the filenames will NEVER have the occurrence of _06_ anywhere else in the filename.   That string will only appear as the first four characters of the filename.

[johnrellis]

Good, so you don't need step 1.