MRT: multiple replacements at once with RegEx

[Wojtek]

Is it possible to replace multiple strings at once with MRT?

Example RegEx in Notepad++:

Find: (cat)|(dog)|(bird)
Replace: (?1Garfield)(?2Rantanplan)(?3Tweety)

will replace "cat" with "Garfield", "dog" with "Rantanplan" and "bird" with "Tweety"

Is this also possible with TC MRT?

[Hacker]

Wojtek,
Yup, press F1 in the MRT.

Search for: cat|dog|bird
Replace with: Garfield|Rantanplan|Tweety

HTH
Roman

[Wojtek]

Yup, press F1 in the MRT.

The Help section, I know it very well.

Search for: cat|dog|bird
Replace with: Garfield|Rantanplan|Tweety

That works fine as "normal" replacement, but not with RegEx.

My actual question is solely about RegEx, the cat & dog thing was just a simple example. I am planning to do lot more complicated stuff.
Nevertheless, thanks for your help.
So now, is there a "multi search & replace" with Regular Expressions?

[Hacker]

Wojtek,

is there a "multi search & replace" with Regular Expressions?

Only what is documented:

Subexpressions for search+replace

Text parts in round brackets are taken as subexpressions. Up to 32 subexpressions are supported now.
Example: To swap the title and interpret in the file name of an mp3 file, when they are separated by a dash (Title - Interpret.mp3), use the following options:
Search for: (.*) - (.*)\.mp3
Replace by: $2 - $1.mp3
Here $1 means the text in the first round bracket, and $2 the text in the second round bracket.
In "Replace by", use parameters \U, \L, \F, \n to convert from this point on to uppercase, lowercase, first char in word uppercase, and back to unchanged, e.g.
Search for: (.*) - (.*)\.mp3
Replace by: \U$2 - \L$1.mp3

Roman

[Stefan2]

...
So now, is there a "multi search & replace" with Regular Expressions?

No, but there is an [↷] Reload-Button.
After first renaming, press the reload button to load the files again for another step.

Also you can save and load renaming presets.

For more complicated renaming task we can integrate dedicated renaming tools into TC,
while TC can help us by launching such an tool with selected files or the wanted folder.





Myself use little portable Freeware like Siren by scarabee-software and den4b ReNamer.

 

[Hacker]

One can also export a list of files, change file names as necessary, and load the new list to rename the files to into MRT.

Roman