How to copy part of file name and add to another part

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#1 : 17/09-24 13:57
Sandy Webster
Sandy Webster
Posts: 2
Hi,

I want to copy part of a file name to another part. I can't see how to do this easily.

Example

2020 04 01 - COVID 19 Daily Report for Apr 2020

Copy "01" and paste before Apr

2020 04 01 - COVID 19 Daily Report for 01 Apr 2020


17/09-24 13:57
#2 : 17/09-24 15:07
James E McBride
James E McBride
Posts: 17
Hello!
I am assuming that the filenames that you are using would match this mask:
{Year} {Month} {Day} - COVID 19 Daily Report for {Month abbreviation} {Year}

In that case, you would create the following REPLACE rule (using Regular Expressions)
Text to be Replaced: (\d{4}) (\d{2}) (\d{2})( - Covid 19 Daily Report for) (.*)
Replace With: \1 \2 \3 \4 \3 \5

\1 = Year
\2 = Month
\3 = Day
\4 = the boilerplate part of the name '' - Covid 19 Daily Report for"
\5 = the rest of the name


17/09-24 15:07
#3 : 17/09-24 15:28
Miguel
Miguel
Posts: 136
Reply to #1:
Hi.
Try this.
Replace: (\d{2}) - (\w.*) (\w*)
Add space after the last )
Replace with:
$1 - $2 $1 $3
Add space after $3

I hope that work

Miguel
EDIT: forgot to say. Check Regular expression


17/09-24 15:28 - edited 17/09-24 15:29
#4 : 18/09-24 14:56
Sandy Webster
Sandy Webster
Posts: 2
Reply to #2:
Thanks this worked for me despite my lack of programming skill!


18/09-24 14:56