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Lare2
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 Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 2:04 am Post subject: Find files by filename length |
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I renamed tons of picture files by its MD5 check-sum. I know i probably missed some of them.
Is there a way for me to search for any file where its filename does not equal 32 characters.
I know nothing about Regular Expressions, so don't know if something like this can be accomplished by it. |
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umbra
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 2:23 am Post subject: |
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Hi, Lare2. Yes, it can be done using RegEx:
1. Open Find Files
2. Select a proper directory
3. Switch to Plugins tab
4. Select Plugin:tc ; Property:name ; OP:!regex ; Value:^.{32}$
5. Start search
note: to put it simply, '.{32}' means 'a sequence of 32 characters' ; '^' and '$' around it means 'and nothing else'
edit: fixed a typo
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white
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 2:42 am Post subject: Re: Find files by filename length |
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| Lare2 wrote: | Is there a way for me to search for any file where its filename does not equal 32 characters.
I know nothing about Regular Expressions, so don't know if something like this can be accomplished by it.
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Match between start en end of the file name a string of 1 to 31 characters or a string of 33 or more characters:
| Code: | ^(.{1,31}|.{33,})$
^ matches start of the file name
. matches any character
{n,m} repeat n to m times
(n|m) match expression n or expression m
$ matches end of the file name
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| umbra wrote: | 4. Select Plugin:tc ; Property:name ; OP:regex ; Value:^.{32}$
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You mean of course: "OP:!regex"
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umbra
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 2:46 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | You mean of course: "OP:!regex" |
Of course, my bad.
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Lare2
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 6:53 am Post subject: |
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I knew the master users of TC would know the answer.
I will give it a try as soon as I come back to my computer. I just logged in from my tablet to thank you all for the help.
I'll report back soon |
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