Multi rename - what pattern?

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Multi rename - what pattern?

#1 Post by sheelshocked » 20.01.2012, 10:15

Hi there

Is it possible to multi-rename files from this format:

IMP_GFY_01_kasprgfy_385579_2012-01-10_18-29-21.txt
IMP_GFY_01_sanecgfy_440743_2012-01-11_17-34-49.txt
...
IMP_GFY_01_gadowgfy_486581_2012-01-12_17-32-44.txt


to this:

385579.txt
440743.txt
...
486581.txt


In totalcmd I use to use this pattern:

search: IMP_*_*_*_|_2012*
replace to: |.txt

but in free commander it doesn't work...
I've also red manual for multi-rename feature and still have no idea how to do this :/

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Re: Multi rename - what pattern?

#2 Post by Dreamer » 20.01.2012, 15:02

If the number of characters before the number you need is the same - and the number of chars of the number is same too, then you can use this (as the file name):

[n,21,6]

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Re: Multi rename - what pattern?

#3 Post by sheelshocked » 23.01.2012, 10:21

Thanks Dreamer, you save the day! :)
However, sometimes start position of characters I need in not the same for all files. Is there no solution to use wildcard like '|' ?

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Re: Multi rename - what pattern?

#4 Post by uwee » 23.01.2012, 16:06

Though multirename still not implemented the next version in the pipeline freecommander XE supports regular expressions in many places like searching etc.

So i suppose that multirename will also do this - you have to wait a little bit....
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Re: Multi rename - what pattern?

#5 Post by Philip Goddard » 17.02.2012, 10:41

...And now the multi-rename IS implemented in the XE version! Well worth a try of the latter, as I've found it very stable and well behaved, despite it being called a 'pre-alpha' version.
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Re: Multi rename - what pattern?

#6 Post by sheelshocked » 20.02.2012, 14:11

Wow, nice! Is it available for download somewhere? I'd like to test it :)

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Re: Multi rename - what pattern?

#7 Post by ralfso » 20.02.2012, 17:02

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