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Old January 29th, 2008, 05:55 PM
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Automator wildcard?

I'm using OS x version 10.4.10

I have a LOAD of very annoyingly named files:
rf_header__0000_01.jpg
rf_header__0001_02.jpg
rf_header__0002_03.jpg
etc

I want to rename them to something more sensible like 01.jpg, 02, 03, etc.

I thought this is something that Automator would do with ease, but I would obviously have to use a wildcard for the varible numbers in the middle of the string:

I tried:
rf_header__****_01.jpg
but no joy!

Can somebody let me know how to use wildcards in Automator.

NB. Wildcards are the only thing that I miss from my M$ PeeCee days. You could use ***'s anywhere in the File Explorer. Is there a good reason why this is so much more difficult on a Mac?
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