Trying to move numeric string to beginning of filename

[ShailendraSham]

Greetings all

I'm trying to get used to the expressions (the last time that I coded anything was with Turbo Pascal in 1995 ) and not getting very far..

I have a large number of research articles over many years most of which are in PDF format. They are mostly saved with filenames in the format:

"Figuring out Bulk Renaming - TGRMN 2018" and
"Figuring out Bulk Renaming - TGRMN - 2018"

I am trying to rename them to the format: "2018 Figuring out Bulk Renaming - TGRMN"

The year (eg 2018) is mostly the last four characters of the existing filename but not always.

Is there a quick way that I can get this done with BRU?
Even if I can automate most of the process, it would be better than literally renaming every one using explorer....

Thanks in advance!!

[Emerkamp]

Hi,

This might have to be a more strict code since they might not have the same pattern, or done in 2 steps. You can try this, it should work as long as four digits are always after a space. You may need to trim the ends in a 2nd step also. A trailing - will be left on some.

RegEx (1)

Code: Select all

Match:
(.*)\s(\d\d\d\d)
Replace:
\2 \1


If you can add a better Break thats common before your digits, I can give you a better code. EX __ double underscore.
Check to see its ok before renaming. Hope it helps.