Renaming files - action (batch process)

Can anyone help me create an action (and then I'll make a droplet to drop
the entire folder onto) to rename a folder of about 75 Tif files with random
names (e.g. boy, girl, house, tree etc) into an alpha-numerical sequence of
numbers starting at FGSS-0112 and going up numerically FGSS-0113 and so on
to FGSS-0187. The first 4 letters and the hyphen and the first two numerals
stay the same. Or, perhaps there is an existing action or program?

thank you,
Frank

 

Windows can do this .
Select all your files and rename the first one in the selection FGSS-0112

 

Unless I'm doing something wrong (I'm working via windows explorer), it
cant.
This is what it does :
FGSS-0112
FGSS-0112 (1)
FGSS-0112 (2)
FGSS-0112 (3)
and so on

 

Sorry - didn't realise you wanted that exact numerical pattern
try these links

Photoshop
http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/renamers/ht/apsrename.htm

Irfanview
http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/renamers/ht/irfanviewrename.htm

 

Thanks. I'll look at the links - otherwise I'll just do it "by hand'

 

Automate>batch>rename
(in PhotoShop)

 

I looked at that, but it isnt clear to me (and maybe others) how to do that
(sequential numbering). I've thus just done it all manually, but for future
reference (and again maybe for others) perhaps you could provide an example
as per my original post?
Thanks

 

What's the puzzle? Read it carefully. You start with a base filename, and
ask it to increment with a value such as "158" (whatever) in increments of
1, and append the filename. I tell ya, there's s whole lot more that can
help you if you just read it carefully; Adobe developers aren't stupid.

 

Is it a sure indication that the economy is getting better when more and
more dimwits can afford PC/CS or is it an indicator of greater theft?

 

Comment intended to suggest that all these new PC/CS users don't have a clue
as to what it can do, nor do they even investigate. That, IMHO, is a sign of
theft or rich dimwits.

 

screenshot
http://xs75.xs.to/pics/06143/Batch.gif