Need help with a file rename

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Need help with a file rename

Postby mrp7 » Wed Aug 23, 2017 5:46 pm

Hello! I'm hoping to get some assistance with the following:

Example file names:

05m01 becomes 0005_001
23m34 becomes 0023_034
712m182 becomes 0712_182

The part before "m" needs to be translated to 4 digits padded with zeros, the part after "m" needs to be exactly 3 digits padded with zeros

m becomes a _ (that part I can do :D )

Thanks in advance for any assistance.
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Re: Need help with a file rename

Postby KenP » Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:51 pm

You can do this in 2 steps with regex.

1.
RegEx (1)
Match: (\d*)m(\d*)
Replace: 000\1_00\2

2.
RegEx (1)
Match: \d*(\d{4}_)\d*(\d{3})$
Replace: \1\2
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Re: Need help with a file rename

Postby mrp7 » Wed Aug 23, 2017 11:23 pm

Thanks you, that works!
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