Peters Flexible RenAmiNg Kit (PFrank)

zagcat1 · Joined: 08 Sep 2009 Posts: 2

apols as this is very easy am sure , but have not been able to do this yet. have many old files that have been dated e.g. 12.12.2003. need to remove the stops but keep the file extension stop e.g. '.dat'
sorry is so simple - as am I, but any advice much apprecaited. have read the how to and seen the g. example, but can not get this to work with numbers or for any chatracter that is not a g.
many thanks,
(non vista.)
zag.

admin · Site Admin Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 448 Location: Canada

Hi,

I'm assuming that by 'full stops' you mean the '.' characters.

To remove them copy the following into the custom renaiming creator (don't copy the single quotes):

Row: 1
Search: '(?E)\.'
Replace:

The expression excludes the extension because of the (?E) flag. All '.' will be replaced with nothing.

Hope that helps.

Peter.

zagcat1 · Joined: 08 Sep 2009 Posts: 2

Brilliant - that has done the trick - many thanks - saved me days of work!
great app, thank you very much indeed.
Z.