Thanks for all the suggestions on the rename utility, this is my belated
solution report...

there's no simply utility to do the trick... filebuddy & Utility dog are
somewhat overqualified but work a treat. I especially like Utility dog, it
has a great interface & does a myriad of operations with minimum fuss. Very
intuitive. The file browser & ability to save renaming routines saves a lot
of unnecessary mousing around.

Greg

On 1/1/70 8:39 am, "Paul & Caroline van der Mey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Greg Hosking wrote:
> 
>> On 23/2/02 11:41 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
>> 
>>> I know you've already expressed disinterest in using File Buddy, but
>>> really, it does this job on its head.
>> 
>> ya, looks like this is the go. Oh well, I'm sure if there *was* an
>> alternative it would have been suggested... Thanks for the advice, wamuggers
>> 
>> Greg
> 
> Utility Dog is an alternative for Classic/OS9 use.
> 
> Paul