Building the application.

1. Clone the repo with: git clone git@github.com:Kolobamanacas/FileNamesShortener.git.
2. Open FileNamesShortener.sln with Visual Studio.
3. Choose preferable mode (debug/release) and CPU architecture or just leave everything as it is.
4. Build the solution using menu Build > Build solution or by pressing F6.
5. Built application should appear in \FileNamesShortener\bin\[Debug/Release]\net7.0\ folder.

Using the application.

1. Open PowerShell/Command Prompt terminal in a folder where the app is located.
2. Run FileNamesShortener.exe -path '[PathToFolder]' -prefix-length [NumberOfCharacters], where [PathToFolder] is path, where files, which names you wish to shorten are located and [NumberOfCharacters] is how much characters of the original file name you wish to leave untouched (file extension is never removed). Passing 0 will remove everything except from extension.

Important! When the application is provided with a path to a folder, it will rename all files in the folder and it's subfolders.

Example.

Consider we have a folder C:\Work\ with two files:

• My Epic Poem.docx
• Secret Scetch.jpg

Running FileNamesShortener.exe -path 'C:\Work' -prefix-length 4 will turn them into:

• My E.docx
• Secr.jpg