https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=397406
Bug ID: 397406
Summary: Digikam shouldn't use parentheses when renaming files
Product: digikam
Version: 5.9.0
Platform: Gentoo Packages
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Import-Rename
Assignee: digikam-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: fireph...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
When duplicate file names are downloaded and automatically renamed with no
prompt they have ' (1)' added to the file name. This string is not searchable
with the normal search tools provided by the desktop. These file names can't be
found with Dolphin or kfind. In my case it was due to actual identical
duplicate files in every sense so the find duplicates tool only helps in
locating them but not easily deleting the nearly 700 photos within a range of
160 directories and the thousands of other photos and videos where they were
all downloaded to.
I know this is because of changed behavior where the prompt for duplicate was
taken away, but the biggest issue is the hours I spent finding a reliable way
to find all the images and rename them or move them because they used
parentheses. If the files were just renamed without using special characters
and the space then searching for them would me much simpler with your typical
desktop tools without having to resort to regex or piped commands which is how
I was able to find all these files in 8 months worth of folders. I know it is
trivial for some to do some regex and pipe some commands to find or do anything
but for most it is not and the complexity or limitations involved with the
tools provided by the desktop can leave a person frustrated due to some
relatively minor choices in file names.
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