New file excludes original name after certain character?
Hello. I have a batch of files to rename. All of them are formatted like so;
[Abc] Name (Xyz) {Unwanted Text}
I'd like to rename them all, removing the part within {curly brackets}. Anyone know how I can go about this? Substring is close, but I need to end at the first instance of a Curly Bracket instead of just at a static end point.
[Abc] Name (Xyz) {Unwanted Text}
I'd like to rename them all, removing the part within {curly brackets}. Anyone know how I can go about this? Substring is close, but I need to end at the first instance of a Curly Bracket instead of just at a static end point.
Remove pattern...
Pattern: " *{.*"
Use regular expressions.
Do not include the quotes and note that the pattern begins with a space.
This will remove any leading spaces followed by "{" and any remaining characters.
I'm assuming that the curly brackets are actually part of the filename.
Otherwise, to remove everything following "(" you can use...
Remove...
Remove count: "."
Starting at: "("
Apply to: "Name and extension"
Pattern: " *{.*"
Use regular expressions.
Do not include the quotes and note that the pattern begins with a space.
This will remove any leading spaces followed by "{" and any remaining characters.
I'm assuming that the curly brackets are actually part of the filename.
Otherwise, to remove everything following "(" you can use...
Remove...
Remove count: "."
Starting at: "("
Apply to: "Name and extension"
Reply to #2:
Thanks! That worked perfectly. I did overlook the other methods like that. How can I do that but with an opening "(" next? It doesnt seem to count " *(.*" as valid.
Thanks! That worked perfectly. I did overlook the other methods like that. How can I do that but with an opening "(" next? It doesnt seem to count " *(.*" as valid.
Reply to #3:
That's because "(" has a special meaning in a regex. It has to be "escaped" with "\" in order to represent itself - ie "\("
So " *\(.*" will be a valid expression.
However this will remove everything after the first instance of "(".
To remove only the final parenthesized string use the regex: " *\([^\)]*\)$"
That's because "(" has a special meaning in a regex. It has to be "escaped" with "\" in order to represent itself - ie "\("
So " *\(.*" will be a valid expression.
However this will remove everything after the first instance of "(".
To remove only the final parenthesized string use the regex: " *\([^\)]*\)$"
Reply to #4:
That's perfect! Thank you for the very helpful tips!
That's perfect! Thank you for the very helpful tips!