Remove from certain character to the end of file name

[Jakov]

Hi,
my example:
bulkrenameutility.co.uk
bulkrenameutility.co.ukk
bulkrenameutility.co.uk45hyu
bulkrenameutility.co.uk_7knsf
...etc

I want to remove from the first dot (for example) to end of the file name to be like this
bulkrenameutility
bulkrenameutility
bulkrenameutility
bulkrenameutility

Thanks

[therube]

1:Regex

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Match:  ^(.*?)\.
Replace: \1


Match from the start of the name, anything, non-greedy, up to the first "." (dot).
Only keep what was matched.

If you also want to remove the file extension:
Renaming Options -> File/Folder Extensions --> Rename File Extensions As Being Part of File Name (enable)

[Jakov]

Thanks so much
What if want to keep from second dot or third ...etc
for example
bulkrenameutility.co.uk
to
bulkrenameutility.co
Thanks again

[Luuk]

To keep everything unto the 1st .text-string, can use a "Match" and "Replace" like...
^([^.]+((\.[^.]+){1}))
\1

Must then edit the number, depending on how many .text-strings to keep.

[Jakov]

Dear therube and Luuk,
Thank you and I'm sorry for annoying you
Each time, I face a new condition
1,
nnnnnn - (V) bulkrenameutility.co.uk
V= string variable in length
to
bulkrenameutility
So I want to remove from the first until ")" and remove the from the end at the first or second dot
2
nnnnnn(V).bulkrenameutility.com
to
bulkrenameutility
I want to keep the middle of the file name, which may be flanked by two dots, or dash,or underscore ...etc
Again thank you

[Luuk]

Its unfortunate, but Im not understand the different descriptions.
Are the (variable-string-lengths) always bordered by two "-/./_/ " ??
Or are they at least, always terminated by one of these characters ??

If you have more terminating/bordering characters, should list them instead of using etc.
Especially if you ever need to keep the character after your (variable-string-lengths) ??