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File Rename Order Issue after splitting pdf

  • January 22, 2026
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The file name set by the action split document would end up having my files to be created and named: File_1, File_2, File_3, …… File_10, File_11, File_12. and then after that by having a loop for every file in a folder with the rename action in it, it’s going to rename in the order of File_1 first, then File_10, File_11, File_2 which is not what I want. I want it to rename in order from File_1, to File_12. How do I do that?

 

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    • Aaron Gleason
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    • January 22, 2026

    ​@PlayEatSleep Great question!

    Here is how I would attack the issue:

    1. Find out how many files I have in total. This can be done by looping through all the files and incrementing a counter. (This part isn't filename specific.)

    2. Create another loop, for X number of times, using that counter from the previous loop as the finishing number. Assign the current value to a different counter variable. 

    3. Process the files using the filename File_$nSecondCounter.Number:toString$.pdf

    That should work in numeric sequence of your files. 

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