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How to Perform Common Tasks

File Manipulations

Bulk Rename (Renaming multiple files)

When multiple files are to be renamed according to a common rename pattern (for example, adding a common prefix, suffix or replacing some part of the fileName), select all files which are to be renamed, and select the Rename menu item.
You can now either individually rename each file, or press the Rename All-Button, which will rename all remaining files by the same character replacement algorithm.

Erasing Security Relevant Data

A regular file-delete operation does not physically delete the files contents on your hard disk; instead, it is only logically removed from the directory. The contents will still be physically present on your hard disk, until the disk blocks get reused for another file. Thus there is a chance that a deleted file's contents can be reconstructed by undelete tools, which find and reallocate these free disk blocks.
The erase function helps to prevent this, by overwriting a files data blocks physically, before the file is deleted logically.
You should use this function to erase files which contain security relevant data, such as cryptographic keys, passwords etc.

Splitting a Big File

This operation splits a big file into smaller pieces. It is very useful if you have to save a big file onto multiple CDs or to prepare a big file for transmission in smaller junks.

Joining Pieces of a Big File

This is the reverse of the above split operation; multiple smaller parts are joined into a big file.

Searching & Comparing

Comparing two Files

To compare the contents of two files (for example, to validate a burned CD's or DVD's contents), first select a file in the browsers upper file list, then select the Tools-File Differences menu item. This will open a dialog to select the second file to be compared to the first one.

Searching for duplicate files

This operation is very useful, if you merge MP3 or Video collections, and duplicate files are likely to be present.

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