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Command Line
If you start Flash Renamer from a command prompt or .bat script you may give a number of arguments. This allows you to automate Flash Renamer. This means that you can tell Flash Renamer to load a path with files and then run one of your presets on this path.
/p- Sets the startup path for Flash Renamer. If you include anything else than a valid folder at the end (e.g. "*.mp3") this will be loaded as the file pattern./l- Allows you to specify a text file containing files and folders (full paths, one file or folder per line). The files and folders will be loaded into the Free Select mode./r- The name of the Preset you want to execute. You must type the full name, including spaces./f- Include files. (only when using/p)/d- Include folders. (only when using/p)/s- Include subfolders. (only when using/p)/k- If the/lswitch was used, this switch will instruct Flash Renamer to delete the "/lfile" after it has been read./x- Normally when you automate Flash Renamer it will automatically close when it has finished renaming. Use this switch to prevent that happening.
Notes:
- If no switches are found in the command line, Flash Renamer will treat it as a list of files and try to load them into free select mode. This allows you to for example put a shortcut to Flash Renamer on the send to menu in Windows Explorer. Note however, that command lines in Windows are limited in size. If you send a lot of files to Flash Renamer this way, it may not work and you will instead get a very cryptical message. The number of files you can send by command line depend on the number of characters in the filenames (path included).
- If your path, preset name, or filename contains spaces, you must encapsulate the string using quotes, like this: "example name"
- If you don't specify neither the
/fswitch nor the/dswitch, Flash Renamer will use the last used settings. - If you specify both a path (
/p) and a file list (/l), the file list will take precedence. - If you don't include a preset (
/r), Flash Renamer will start as normal and then load the specified path (/p) or file list (/l). - The command line switches use a normal "slash" (
/), as opposed to paths in Windows that use the "backslash" (\). Don't confuse these two!
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