Mutil-rename tools "[ ]" bracket

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Mutil-rename tools "[ ]" bracket

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Videos and ebooks are often named in this format:

[Citizen.Kane][1941][Orson Welles][BDRip][x264][1280x768][Eng].avi

It's hard to read & edit naming tool because brackets "[" and "]" is count as a part of an expression but not a character. It should be
[[][C][]] to make a order with brackets braced with ([01] [02]....).

If change the current "[ ]", which legal characters of file name to illegal character like "<>" will make read and edit a lot easier:
[<C>] = [01], [02], [03], ....
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This actually sounds like a good idea - wonder how much progamming for Ghisler it would take to change that?
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Why not use other characters or strings and search and replace those by "[" and "]"?

For example:
([C])
Search for: (|)
Replace with: [|]
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That won't help if you rename something like [N]_([C]) and the name already contains round brackets.

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HolgerK wrote:2white
That won't help if you rename something like [N]_([C]) and the name already contains round brackets.
That was simply an example. My suggestion is generic. Simply use something that is useful. Like:

(([C]))
(bracket-open)[C](bracket-close)
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Not gonna happen whats so hard about using [[ instead of [?
ps: i never came across files named so bad like
[Citizen.Kane][1941][Orson Welles][BDRip][x264][1280x768][Eng].avi care to explain where u find such files?....
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Sir_SiLvA wrote:Not gonna happen whats so hard about using [[ instead of [?
ps: i never came across files named so bad like
[Citizen.Kane][1941][Orson Welles][BDRip][x264][1280x768][Eng].avi care to explain where u find such files?....
It's one of the most popular naming strategy around, especial for media files like movie, music and ebook. The "[]" separate words with different "tag". It's not only good for native eye filter, but also search-engine index optimization.
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dindog wrote:
Sir_SiLvA wrote:Not gonna happen whats so hard about using [[ instead of [?
ps: i never came across files named so bad like
[Citizen.Kane][1941][Orson Welles][BDRip][x264][1280x768][Eng].avi care to explain where u find such files?....
It's one of the most popular naming strategy around,
Where :?:
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Sir_SiLvA wrote:
dindog wrote:
Sir_SiLvA wrote:Not gonna happen whats so hard about using [[ instead of [?
ps: i never came across files named so bad like
[Citizen.Kane][1941][Orson Welles][BDRip][x264][1280x768][Eng].avi care to explain where u find such files?....
It's one of the most popular naming strategy around,
Where :?:
Emule and some other P2P software started using this at first. Over 80% of my movie, drama and animation name follow that format.
I think this is a little off-topic to discuss about does it really exist or not though.
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