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Removing lead characters and changing name

 
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coastalkid



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 3:38 pm    Post subject: Removing lead characters and changing name Reply with quote

SPC003 - 01 - Hill,Faith - Breathe.mp3

Hi,

For the above file, how do remove the "SPC003 - 01 - ' AND make 'Hill,Faith' = 'Faith Hill'?

Thanks,

CK
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 2:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There are lots of ways to do this depending on your criteria. ie. do you always want to remove the first 2 words, or remove the first 2 words if the second one is a number, or remove the first 2 words if the first one starts with SPC, or remove everything before the word 'Hill",

Need more information about the overall strategy.

Peter.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In this case, I always want to remove the 'SPC - 01 - ' if it starts with SPC, since there are other files in the folder.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok, maybe this will be better...remove everything before the word 'Hill"
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 1:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I really don't think you want to limit the changes to names with the word Hill.

Try this in the renaming creator (don't copy the single quotes):

Row: 1
Search: '(?E)^SPC.*?\-.*[0-9]+.*?\-(.*)'
Replace: '\1'
Row: 2
Search: '(.*?),(.*?)\-(.*)'
Replace: '\2 \1 - \3'


Press scan and check the preview window.
Make a backup of your files before renaming.

Peter.
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