Insert Character relative to the end of the filename

[dexterdom]

Hi there, I'm a long time user of BRU, it's fantastic!

I'm hoping this is possible...
I would like to add a character relative to the end of the filename, as opposed to from the beginning.
To be specific, I have a list of movie files (which of course have filenames of varying lengths) in the format "my movie title 2009.mp4" and I want the year to be in parentheses, like so: "my movie title (2009).mp4"
Using the Add function, I can add ")" using the Suffix parameter, but I can't figure how to add a "(" five characters from the end of the filename (since the "at" parameter is only relative to the start of the filename).
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks!

[therube]

1:RegEx:

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


Find anything
Up to a <sp>4-digits.
Enclose the digits in parens

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7:Add, while you can enter a negative "at", doing so does not make it work backwards.

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If you've already go the closing paren in there, you could change things up:

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Match:  (.*)(\d\d\d\d\))(.*)
Replace:  \1(\2\3


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Another slightly different variation, where the year in not at the end of the file name (nor at the start).

1:RegEx:

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Match:  (.*)\s(\d\d\d\d)\s(.*)
Replace:  \1 (\2) \3


Find anything
Up to a sequence of <sp>4-digits-<sp>
Followed by anything else

Stick the 4-digits into parenthesis

[dexterdom]

Thank you for this, I'm very rusty with my regular expressions but this is very helpful! Yes I actually did try entering a negative number in the "at" field, but it wouldn't take it (the field just goes blank). Adding this as part of the GUI I think would be helpful, maybe I'll submit it over in the Suggestions forum. Thanks again

[dexterdom]

Just an update regarding using a negative "at". Instead of manually typing a negative number into the field, I instead tried using the down arrow to count down below zero, and it worked! So if I use -5 for "at", it inserts the character at the fifth position from the end of the filename.

[Admin]

Hi, confirmed, it is a bug and we will fix it. It should be possible to type in a negative position in the at field without using the arrows... negative means "from the end", thanks

[dexterdom]

Great news and thanks for the quick reply!

[therube]

Just an update regarding using a negative "at".

Heh, I see what I did (wrong) in that respect (why it did not work for me), heh, I mistakenly put the ( in Prefix rather then in Insert.


As far as the bug, viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3545 .