Rename multiple folders of files but reset numbering for each folder?

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Rename multiple folders of files but reset numbering for each folder?

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Having a large number of photo sets
Example:

[Folders]
Flowers Set 1
Flowers Set 2
Flowers Set 3

Use find *. to find all the files that reside in each set folder, do <Folder name> ###

Now to the question, this will order all files to be numbered in order, but i was wondering if it is possible to reset the numbering to 0 for each folder?

So instead of the filenames becoming
Flowers Set 1/Flowers Set 1 001.jpg
Flowers Set 1/Flowers Set 1 002.jpg
Flowers Set 1/Flowers Set 1 003.jpg
Flowers Set 2/Flowers Set 2 004.jpg
Flowers Set 2/Flowers Set 2 005.jpg
Flowers Set 2/Flowers Set 2 006.jpg
Flowers Set 3/Flowers Set 3 007.jpg
Flowers Set 3/Flowers Set 3 008.jpg
Flowers Set 3/Flowers Set 3 009.jpg

It becomes:
Flowers Set 1/Flowers Set 1 001.jpg
Flowers Set 1/Flowers Set 1 002.jpg
Flowers Set 1/Flowers Set 1 003.jpg
Flowers Set 2/Flowers Set 2 001.jpg
Flowers Set 2/Flowers Set 2 002.jpg
Flowers Set 2/Flowers Set 2 003.jpg
Flowers Set 3/Flowers Set 3 001.jpg
Flowers Set 3/Flowers Set 3 002.jpg
Flowers Set 3/Flowers Set 3 003.jpg

Is this at all possible or am i going at it the wrong way?
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Re: Rename multiple folders of files but reset numbering for each folder?

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currently it's not possible
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Re: Rename multiple folders of files but reset numbering for each folder?

Post by d4rk0n3 »

thanks for the reply and for clearing it up.
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