Removing upto a character

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Removing upto a character

Postby enhompe » Thu Jan 10, 2019 3:43 am

I have a bunch of mp3 files that start with a track number like this: 02_Starving Artist - The Hunger Song.mp3 and I would like to remove the first three characters of each. I can't use the Remove (5) function because there are other tracks that don't have numbers and underscores, and they have to remain unchanged. So I have to Remove up to and including the Underscore. Your help is greatly appreciated.
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Re: Removing upto a character

Postby Admin » Thu Jan 10, 2019 1:24 pm

Hi , do you need to remove first 2 digits and _ if there is a _ in 3rd position?
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Re: Removing upto a character

Postby therube » Thu Jan 10, 2019 1:50 pm

That is what it sounds like, so I'd try:

1:RegEx
Code: Select all
Match:  (^\d\d_)(.*)
Replace:  \2
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Re: Removing upto a character

Postby enhompe » Thu Jan 10, 2019 5:27 pm

Yes, that's what I need to do. I'll try your regex and post the results. Thank you for your help.
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Re: Removing upto a character

Postby enhompe » Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:26 pm

Works perfect! Thank you!!!
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