numerate in order by date

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#1 : 09/03-23 02:54
Tony
Tony
Posts: 1
Hi all,
I am hoping someone here can kindly help .. I wish to rename a sequence of files (5000 approx.) Where I first replace some of the pattern text then ( this is the difficult bit i don't know how ) remove all the numbers or remove them in another pattern batch, and enumerate them again sorting in the same order by date and time ... i think i will need the whole JavaScript course ))) if i had the time))))

Free Live music with Allie Jams - spotify and 11 more pages - Chaos - Microsoft​ Edge
Free Live music with Allie Jams - spotify and 13 more pages - Chaos - Microsoft​ Edge 1
Free Live music with Allie Jams - spotify and 13 more pages - Chaos - Microsoft​ Edge 2
Free Live music with Allie Jams - spotify and 15 more pages - Chaos - Microsoft​ Edge 3
Free Live music with Allie Jams - spotify and 17 more pages - Chaos - Microsoft​ Edge ...

also how do I make the pattern ignore the page numbers part? and then

RENAMED TO :

Free Live music with Allie Jams - Chaos
Free Live music with Allie Jams - Chaos 1
Free Live music with Allie Jams - Chaos 2
Free Live music with Allie Jams - Chaos 3
Free Live music with Allie Jams - Chaos 4
back in the same order they were originally by date and time again? can any one help ... thanks for reading)


09/03-23 02:54 - edited 09/03-23 03:00
#2 : 09/03-23 10:32
David Lee
David Lee
Posts: 1125
If you can always use "-" as a separator then use a Replace method...

Replace: ([^-]*-)[^-]*-([^-]*)-[^\d]*
with: \1\2
Use regular expressions

This will leave a trailing space if there is no digit at the end of the filename. You can probably fix this by modifying the regex but a quick fix is to add a Remove pattern method...

Pattern " $" (ie space + "$")
Use regular expressions


09/03-23 10:32