I've copied and pasted the comments from the original gist that I forked, as those include some alternative methods :)
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Remove "Copy of" filename prefix when copying an entire folder from one Google Drive account to another Google Drive account
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| ## These are the comments from the original that I forked (alternative scripts availabl) | |
| //a script that will work with subfolders. | |
| //This should work for every file in your drive. | |
| function fileRename() { | |
| var files = DriveApp.getFiles(); | |
| while(files.hasNext()){ | |
| var file = files.next() | |
| var fileName = file.getName(); | |
| if (fileName.indexOf('Copy of ') > -1) { | |
| fileName= fileName.split('Copy of ')[1]; | |
| file.setName(fileName); | |
| }; | |
| }; | |
| } | |
| //I reworked this a bit to be fully recursive and to include the parent folder ID. | |
| function fileRename() { | |
| var parentfolder = DriveApp.getFolderById('XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'); | |
| var recursive = true; | |
| getFilesFromFolder(parentfolder); | |
| var folders = parentfolder.getFolders(); | |
| while(folders.hasNext() && recursive){ | |
| var folder = folders.next(); | |
| getFilesFromFolder(folder); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| function getFilesFromFolder(folder){ | |
| var folderName = folder.getName(); | |
| Logger.log(folderName); | |
| var files = folder.getFiles(); | |
| while(files.hasNext()){ | |
| var file = files.next() | |
| var fileName = file.getName(); | |
| if (fileName.indexOf('Copy of ') > -1) { | |
| Logger.log(fileName); | |
| fileName= fileName.split('Copy of ')[1]; | |
| file.setName(fileName); | |
| }; | |
| }; | |
| } | |
| //Below is some updated code you can add to a gsheet script. | |
| //It adds a menu item to execute the script to the gsheet menu bar | |
| //and provides a popup box so you can enter the folder name that contains the files with "Copy of" | |
| function onOpen() { | |
| var SS = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet(); | |
| var ui = SpreadsheetApp.getUi(); | |
| ui.createMenu('Remove "Copy of" from start of file names in a folder') | |
| .addItem('Start script', 'fileRename') | |
| .addToUi(); | |
| }; | |
| function fileRename() { | |
| var inputFolder = Browser.inputBox('Enter folder ID', Browser.Buttons.OK_CANCEL); | |
| if (inputFolder === "") { | |
| Browser.msgBox('Remove "Copy of" from the start of file names in this folder:'); | |
| return; | |
| } | |
| var folders = DriveApp.getFoldersByName(inputFolder); | |
| var folder = folders.next(); | |
| var files = folder.getFiles(); | |
| var fileCnt=0; | |
| var renamedCnt = 0; | |
| while(files.hasNext()){ | |
| fileCnt++; | |
| var file = files.next() | |
| var fileName = file.getName(); | |
| if (fileName.indexOf('Copy of ') > -1) { | |
| fileName= fileName.split('Copy of ')[1]; | |
| file.setName(fileName); | |
| renamedCnt++; | |
| }; | |
| }; | |
| SpreadsheetApp.getUi().alert('Removed "Copy of" from: '+renamedCnt+" Total Files Processed:"+fileCnt); | |
| } |
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| /* Need to copy an entire folder from one Google Drive account to another Google Drive account? | |
| * 1. Right-click on original folder in Google Drive | |
| * 2. Share with the destination Google account | |
| * 3. Go into destination account's Google Drive | |
| * 4. Find the shared folder under "Shared with me" | |
| * 5. Select all the files (Ctrl-A / Cmd-A) | |
| * 6. Right-click, Make a copy | |
| * 7. Create a New Folder in destination account's Google Drive | |
| * 8. Go to Recent | |
| * 9. Select all recently copied files and move to the new folder | |
| * 10. Great, except all the filenames begin with "Copy of"xxxxxx.txt | |
| * 11. Create a new Apps Script, perhaps using Google Sheets, and use the below script to remove the "Copy of" filename prefix! | |
| */ | |
| function fileRename() { | |
| var folders = DriveApp.getFoldersByName('FOLDERNAME'); | |
| var folder = folders.next(); | |
| var files = folder.getFiles(); | |
| while(files.hasNext()){ | |
| var file = files.next() | |
| var fileName = file.getName(); | |
| if (fileName.indexOf('Copy of ') > -1) { | |
| fileName= fileName.split('Copy of ')[1]; | |
| file.setName(fileName); | |
| }; | |
| }; | |
| } |
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