Random File Name

[Felix K]

Hey Guys,

I was wondering if there is a way to generate random file names when Batch Processing images.

 

Greetings

[Callum]

Hi Felix K,

There is no way to do this I'm afraid.

Thanks

C

[- S -]

I'm not sure what your use case is, however if what you want to do is just rename all the photos in a folder with random names, you could rename the files using PowerShell.

The below script will rename all .tif and .tiff files that are in a Desktop folder called "Test", with random 8 digit alphanumeric (0-9, a-z) names.  The -WhatIf switch parameter means it will give a simulated preview and will obviously need to be removed before it will actually rename any files.  Make sure you test it is doing exactly what you want it to do before removing the -WhatIf switch parameter.

# Path and length
$Path = "$env:UserProfile\Desktop\Test"
$Length = 8

# Run
Get-ChildItem -Force -File -Path $Path | 
Where-Object { ($_.Extension -eq ".tif") -or ($_.Extension -eq ".tiff") } | 
ForEach-Object {
    $RandomName = -Join (
        (48..57 + 97..122) * $Length | 
        Get-Random -Count $Length | 
        ForEach-Object { [char]$_ }
    )
    Rename-Item -Path $_.FullName -NewName ("{0}{1}" -f $RandomName, $_.Extension) -WhatIf
}