Define parts of a name as a numeric value? Or how to choose what not to replace?
#1 : 11/12-20 16:09 Asger H
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Hi
What a great tool! I've managed to Do a few useful things on a batch of filenames, but I need a bit of input on how to define different parts of a filename. I've tried to read through the forum, but find a matching case. I have a list of items named like this: KT13043_4007 TAG1 TAG2 mix_3-21_2.jpg Needs to be: KT13043_4007.jpg KT13043_4007 TAG1 TAG2 mix_3-21_F.jpg Needs to be: KT13043_4007_F.jpg KT will be present in every filename. 13043_4007 and TAG1 TAG2 mix_3-21_ will be changing for every two files. So basically, on every second file, I want to tell "Advanced renamer" to delete everything after "numericvalue_numericvalue" And on the other half of the files to tell "Advanced renamer" to delete everything between "numericvalue_numericvalue" and "_F" And that goes way above my skills :-) Please help |
#2 : 12/12-20 01:59 David Lee
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Harder than I expected!
There is probably a better solution but this works with your examples... Replace: KT\d*_\d*\K.*(_F$)|KT\d*_\d*\K.* With: \1 Use Regular expressions |
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#3 : 12/12-20 12:37 David Lee
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Reply to #2:
A simpler solution... Replace: KT[^ ]*\K.*((_\D)|_\d) With: \2 or without checking that the filename begins with "KT"... Replace: [^ ]*\K.*((_\D)|_\d) With: \2 "\K" isn't defined in the User Guide. It indicates that the preceding characters are necessary but will not be included in the final match - so that the characters before the first space will be retained. "((_\D)|_\d)" means match either "_"+ "non-digit" or "_" + "digit". The parentheses define what will be saved in the variables \1, \2 etc. The outer parentheses indicate that either option (ie "_F" or "_2") will be saved in \1 and (_\D) that "_F" only will be saved in \1. Adding another pair of parentheses - "((_\D)|(_\d))" would also save "_2" as \2. |
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#4 : 13/12-20 13:11 David Lee
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Reply to #3:
Better still: simply "[^ ]*\K.*[^(_F)]" I thought that I had tried this regex first and it didn't work - I must have mistyped it.! |
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#5 : 14/12-20 09:18 Asger H
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Reply to #4:
Thanks a LOT for your suggestions. Can't wait to try them on the full list. Crossing my fingers :-) I'll get back and tell how it went. |