File number in renaming

[Martin Burnicki]

digikam at 911networks.com wrote:
> DK 5.7.0 on archlinux.
> 
> Is there a "file number" function in the renaming?
> 
> DSCF1234.RAF.
> 
> I want the 1234 that I want to keep. Right now I'm doing
> [file]{range:4,8}. This works if all the files are named aaaa9999 but
> sometimes they are named: what-ever-name-20171105-1234.xxx
> 
> I want to keep the 1234, I don't want to start a new counter. An
> right now I have to do this manually, instead of a batch or a whole
> album...

If you run kde you can try krename, which can do this. Just run

krename <folder> &

where <folder> is the name of the directory, then you can batch rename
all images in the folder by assembling subsequent file names, with
renumbering.

Martin