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Renaming files name from only beginning of folder name

PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:56 pm
by Bishop_2020
Hi,

I have thousands of folders with files in them. I would like to rename every files with only the beginning section of the folder name.

My folders are named with this convention:

The Awesome Android v1 - 01 - Meet your Doom

I would like every files to be renamed:

The Awesome Android v1 - 01 - 00
The Awesome Android v1 - 01 - 01
The Awesome Android v1 - 01 - 02
The Awesome Android v1 - 01 - 03
etc...

then
The Awesome Android v1 - 02 - 00
The Awesome Android v1 - 02 - 01
The Awesome Android v1 - 02 - 02
The Awesome Android v1 - 02 - 03
etc...

I tried everything I could think of.... but I'm always stuck with the full folder name...


Any ideas?

Regards,

Re: Renaming files name from only beginning of folder name

PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:03 am
by Admin
Hi, using Javascript you could use the property object("folder") and then manipulate that as you need and add it to the file name.

Re: Renaming files name from only beginning of folder name

PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:16 pm
by Bishop_2020
Thank you for reply!

Not familiar with javascript programming... any idea what would be the code?

Re: Renaming files name from only beginning of folder name

PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 3:02 pm
by RegexNinja
Admin.. Thanks for the tip!!

#10Numbering:
Start=0, Incr=1, Pad=2, Folder=Checked

#12Filters:
SubFolders=Checked
Condition=/.*\\(.+ v\d - \d{1,2}) - [^\\]*\\$/.test(object('folder'))

#14Javascript:
newName=object("folder").replace(/.*\\(.+ v\d - \d{1,2}) - .+\\$/, '$1' + ' - ' + object("autonumber"))

#12-Condition matches files in ParentFolderNames like: AnyText v1Digit - 1or2Digits - AnyText.
#12-SubFolders lets you select upper-level folders to rename ALL sub-files (within such ParentFolders).
#14 Javascript keeps everything in ParentFolder until the final v1Digit - 1or2Digits.

Folder: The Awesome Android v1 - 01 - Meet your Doom
OrigName1.ext ---> The Awesome Android v1 - 01 - 00.ext
OrigName2.ext ---> The Awesome Android v1 - 01 - 01.ext, ...

Folder: AnyParticularName v6 - 4 - AnyText
OrigName1.ext ---> AnyParticularName v6 - 4 - 00.ext
OrigName2.ext ---> AnyParticularName v6 - 4 - 01.ext, ...

Folder: AnyName 11 01 AnyText
OrigName1.ext ---> no effect (no v# in ParentFolderName)

Re: Renaming files name from only beginning of folder name

PostPosted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 2:01 am
by Admin
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