In message , Jean Fredette
writes:
posted:

IV can rename by file size ($S), number of megapixels ($m) ...
presumably those don't use exif data.

I want to rename the files not the directory.

If IV renamed randomly I am fine but I long tried IV doing this.

What is wrong with my test of IV rename by file size?

I open one jpeg file in the directory to IV.
I press the "b" key to begin batch operation.
I press "options" in the "batch rename settings" part.

So far so good ...

There are no related options to rename based on file size.
(The batch rename order will be based on the original filename order.)

Is there some other bulk rename feature somewhere else in IV?
It doe not need to rename with pure random but it should not be based on
alphabetical order.

In the window that opens when you click Options, headed "Batch rename
settings", click Help. Scroll down. You will see $S - file size, and $m
- number of megapixels. So close the help, and change whatever's in the
"Name pattern" box to $S. Now select your files, and start renaming ...

This is IV 4.51, but I think it's been the same for a while.
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

This was before we knew that a laboratory rat, if experimented upon, will
develop cancer. [Quoted by] Anne ), 1997-1-29