Create REN Batch File?
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How can I automatically convert a list of filenames (in a text file) to reverse the filename based on a dash?
My file has (hundreds) of filenames listed … (I can easily remove the .epub extension before conversion, and add it back after the list is “fixed”.)
This would be the starting file contents …
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Moby Dick - Herman Melville A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
This would be the converted file contents …
REN "Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen" "Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice" REN "Moby Dick - Herman Melville" "Herman Melville - Moby Dick" REN "A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens" "Charles Dickens - A Tale of Two Cities"
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@Ron-Ball said in Create REN Batch File?:
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Moby Dick - Herman Melville
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles DickensFrom the given example you would build three groups like
find:(.+)( - )(.+)
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replace:REN "$1$2$3" "$3$2$1"
Hopefully your data is exactly as posted.
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Hello, @ron-ball and All,
Really easy with regular expressions !
So , assuming a simple list of filenames, with any extension, like below :
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen.epub Moby Dick - Herman Melville.epub A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens.epub
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Open the Replace dialog (
Ctrl + H
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SEARCH
(?-s)^(.+)(\x20-\x20)(.+)(\..+)
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REPLACE
ren "$0" "\3\2\1\4"
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Tick the
Wrap around
option -
Select the
Regular expression
search mode -
Click, once, on the
Replace all
button
You should get the expected result :
ren "Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen.epub" "Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice.epub" ren "Moby Dick - Herman Melville.epub" "Herman Melville - Moby Dick.epub" ren "A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens.epub" "Charles Dickens - A Tale of Two Cities.epub"
Voila ;-))
Best Regards,
guy038
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@guy038 This is awesome! Thank you so much! It worked perfectly.