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mrdry
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
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Automatically rename the files contained in a subfolder

Is it possible to automatically rename the files contained in a subfolder with the name of the parent folder with an automation rule  
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    3 years ago

    Thanks for the clarification. Currently, the automation feature will only allow files in that folder to be renamed. 

     

    Any files in subfolders will not be renamed automatically, so you'd need to create an automation on that subfolder specifically, though you can't select the parent folder of the subfolder in the options.

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Jay
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3 years ago

Thanks for the clarification. Currently, the automation feature will only allow files in that folder to be renamed. 

 

Any files in subfolders will not be renamed automatically, so you'd need to create an automation on that subfolder specifically, though you can't select the parent folder of the subfolder in the options.

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Hubbell Marketing
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

We would love if you guys could make an option to rename all the files on each folder and subfolder to its parent folder. After working with video files, specially ending having same name from other video shoot (ex DJI_0001 or MOV0201) its a bit of a hustle to have to have 70+ folders and subfolders automations.

 

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