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Black Hole
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I take it this is Windows?
Is this a one-off job, or repetitive?
If it's a one-off, what I would do is grab a directory listing into a text file, and use a word processor to do search-and-replace operations to turn each (relevant) line into a rename command, then run it as a .bat file. Using something like OpenOffice/LibreOffice, or Notepad++, gives you access to regex (regular expressions) so you can detect things like "_nnnn" and turn them into "_nnnn-".
If it's a repetitive job, I would use Bulk Rename Utility https://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/#mainscreen (which I do!).
As a one-off, if you can furnish a file containing a directory listing of all the files in question, I'm happy to cobble up the .bat if you wish.
Is this a one-off job, or repetitive?
If it's a one-off, what I would do is grab a directory listing into a text file, and use a word processor to do search-and-replace operations to turn each (relevant) line into a rename command, then run it as a .bat file. Using something like OpenOffice/LibreOffice, or Notepad++, gives you access to regex (regular expressions) so you can detect things like "_nnnn" and turn them into "_nnnn-".
If it's a repetitive job, I would use Bulk Rename Utility https://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/#mainscreen (which I do!).
As a one-off, if you can furnish a file containing a directory listing of all the files in question, I'm happy to cobble up the .bat if you wish.
Black Hole
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So what you actually want is a process which can autonomously scan for candidate files and rename them by formula. With enough motivation, I reckon I could do it using a .bat to grab the directory listing, and a .awk to convert that into a one-time self-destructing rename .bat. Or somebody comfortable with "proper" coding could probably create a .exe to "just do it".
Bulk Rename Utility is not suitable - it can be configured to rename by various pattern matches and other string manipulations, but it needs pointing at its target by manually navigating the folder tree.
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Have you tried Metamorphose? It will navigate a whole directory tree if necessary.