Peters Flexible RenAmiNg Kit (PFrank)

BJthebear · Joined: 31 Jan 2013 Posts: 2

I have been playing around with PFrank for the last week or so trying to get
it to create a directory structure based on the file name.

The files I have are in the format:-

Surname.Forename - title.mobi

ie Alexander. Caroline - The Endurance_ Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition.mobi

What I am trying to produce is a directory c:\surname. forename\title.mobi or in the case of the example
c:\Alexander. Caroline\The Endurance_ Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition.mobi

Todate the best I can do is using the formula

(?Bx)(.*)[,](.*)[ ]+[-]+[ ]*(.*?)[ ]*[-][ ]*(.*) # build path

with replace pattern \1/\2/\3

but it does not appear to do anything

Where am I going wrong? Can anyone help

Thanks BJ

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

Hi,

Try this (without the single quotes):

Row: 1
Search: '(?Bx)(.*?)[ ]+[-]+[ ]*(.*)[.](.*)' # build path
Replace: 'c:/\1/\2.\3'

This is just a precaution but I would first preview and rename with a few sample files before unleashing it on everything.

Hope that helps,

Peter.

BJthebear · Joined: 31 Jan 2013 Posts: 2

Works a treat

Thanks very much
Brian