So I know I must be missing something basic, that will cause me to slap my head but I can't get the software to work
and to head off the invariable - "RTFM" comments
1st I read pages 1 thru 13 of said manual - carefully
2nd - Reviewed the web site FAQ - carefully
As an example I have a batch (+50) of epubs/mobi's in one directory that look like this:
- Django Wexler - Shadow Campaigns 01 - The Thousand Names (mobi).mobi
- C J Carella - [New Olympus Saga 04] - The Ragnarok Alternative (epub).epub
?Here is what I want to end up with
- Wexler, Django - [Shadow Campaigns 01] - The Thousand Names.mobi
? - Carella, C J - [New Olympus Saga 04] - The Ragnarok Alternative?
?For a number of years I have been using Flex Renamer, unfortunately it is no longer supported and due some upgrade the Microsoft did to Win 7 recently have made the program unstable and unusable. Using Flex I would have used the following steps?
1) remove (epub) & (mobi)- along with the space in front of it
- replace with command
2) Change the name order to "Last name, first Name" - note the comma
- replace 1st 2nd name with 2nd Name, 1st name
3) put [] around ?the series name ie [Shadow campaigns 01]
- with a insert character or replace with command
4) In addition, invariably there will 2 or more blank spaces that will need to be removed
- replace with command
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So after reading the manual I did the following:
1) selected the directory - which blue hi-lit'd all the files in the directory
2) went down to #3 Replace
there was a "check" mark in the "r" box
input {space(epub).} in the replace box- Note did not use {} or the word space
input {.} in the with box - Note did not use {}
?3) the went to select rename - grayed out
4) tried going into the directory and selected all (ctrl A) - rename still grayed out?
5) Un-Selected all the files in the directory and used used "ctrl - hold - click " and selected 4 - rename is still grayed out
So, I'm certain that with the use of RegEx or Javascript I could do all of this in one command - I'll tackle that later - right now lets keep it simple
?So some guidance would be appreciated?