The main thing to remember, is that you're just putting "\" into the new-names to invent your folder-paths.
But the Replace-box is glitched, and how it conducts "\" depends on the
numbers in your names and how many groups!
If anybody is interested, I did try to explain it here...
http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/foru ... f=2&t=5611So with a "Match" like
^(\d\d\d\d)-(\d\d)(.*) then using
\\1 in the Replace wont
always put
\ in front of \1...
Now-Names -----------------> \1 --------
\\1
1981-04-17 2359 -----------> 1981 -----
\1981 (as expected, putting
\ in front of \1
==1981)
2023-05-19 2359 ----------->
2023 -----
05023 (
2 removed from
2023, replaced by \
2==05)
So if anybody can understand this and explain it better on either of the posts, its much to be appreciated.
The good part is that its very easy to fix, so just always put a checkmark in "v2" and use "\\" to say "\".
Also must verify a checkmark for "
Renaming Options, Advanced Options, Allow using \ in Renaming Criteria".
This an example
without renaming, to move them like... "YYYY-MM-DD HHMM" ---> "YYYY MM\YYYY-MM-DD HHMM"
But 1st must have a checkmark inside for "v2", so then the "Match" and "Replace" can look something like...
^((?:19|20)\d\d)-(0[1-9]|1[12])-([0-3]\d \d{4})$
\1 \2\\\1-\2-\3
This some other ways to conduct the same, but might look better for editing...
^((?:19|20)\d\d)-(0[1-9]|1[12])-([0-3]\d \d{4})$
$1 $2\\$1-$2-$3
^((?:19|20)\d\d)-(0[1-9]|1[12])-([0-3]\d \d{4})$
$1 $2\\$0
^(\d\d\d\d)-(\d\d)-(\d\d \d\d\d\d)$
$1 $2\\$0
^(\d\d\d\d)-(\d\d)-(\d\d \d\d\d\d)$
$1 $2\\$0
The $0 just says Now-Name, so that you dont need to say all of the groups, to get the whole Now-Name.
For myself I do always prefer using $Groups instead of \Groups, but especially when I'm folderizing.
But its important to understand that the replace-path is
relative to the current path.
With everything so far, they move like
C:\Path\NowFolder\NowName ---->
C:\Path\NowFolder\YYYY MM\NowNameBut you can always prefix the path with things like
..\..\ to go upwards 2-folders in the folder-path.
And if uncertain, can conduct just a few files, to see exactly where they did get settled.
If you need to move them to a whole new path, something like "
D:\Vacation\MyPics\YYYY MM\NowName".
Then could use
Copy/Move(13) with
D:\Vacation\MyPics\ with letting regex create "
YYYY MM\NowName".
But cannot move
upward from this Copy/Move(13) location, can only move downward!