rename single filename to UPPERCASE?

[brontosaurusrex]

When I have a single file selected/in typing rename mode, is there a shortkey to UPPERCASE that text selection? (I'am aware that multirename has case change option)

[petermad]

There isn't a build-in shortkey for that.

But you can make your own external command to rename a single file to upppercase.
1. First open the Mutli-Rename Tool and set it up to rename to upperscase
2. Press F2 and choose Save settings and name the setting: Uppercase
3. Open your usercmd.ini files (located in the same place as your wincmd.ini file - if you don't have a usercmd.ini, just make it in notepad).
4. Put this code in the usercmd.ini file:

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[em_Uppercase]
cmd=MULTIRENAME ==Uppercase

5. you can now assign the command em_Uppercase to a keyboard shortcut (Ctl+U for example) or use it in a button in the button bar.

Notice - the em_Uppercase command will rename all selected files, not just the one under the cursor.
If you assign em_Uppercase to a keyboard shortcut, that shortcut will not work if you have pressed Shift+F6 on the file.

[white]

There isn't a build-in shortkey for that.

I think that's not what the OP asked for. I think he asked for a keyboard shortcut to convert a selected part of a filename to uppercase when renaming a file.

[Fla$her]

is there a shortkey to UPPERCASE that text selection?

No.

But you can make your own external command to rename a single file to upppercase.

The alternative:

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Selected names to UPPERCASE

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[white]

Moderator message from: white » 2024-05-20, 16:49 UTC

Moved 6 off-topic posts starting here to off-topic thread.

[massor]

I think is about a similar feature in MS Word where Shift+F3 cycle case for selected text. Everything 1.5 use it also.

[brontosaurusrex]

@massor, Yeah that was the idea.
@petermad, Thanks, multirename to uppercase with single click is just great.
@Fla$her, Thanks.

btw, chatgpt also 'found' a more general solution/workaround, which is to uppercase stuff in clipboard

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powershell -command "Set-Clipboard -Value ((Get-Clipboard).ToUpper())"

[brontosaurusrex]

you can make your own external command to rename a single file to upppercase.
1. First open the Mutli-Rename Tool and set it up to rename to upperscase
2. Press F2 and choose Save settings and name the setting: Uppercase

I ended up using this solution with a little tweak to make uppercase just the base filename without extension, so my multi-rename preset has in the first field (Rename mask: file name):

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[U][N][n]

Which means:

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[U] All characters after this position in uppercase
[N] Old file name, WITHOUT extension
[n] All characters after this position again as in original name (upper/lowercase unchanged)

So say 'one.txt' will become 'ONE.txt'

[white]

I ended up using this solution with a little tweak to make uppercase just the base filename without extension, so my multi-rename preset has in the first field (Rename mask: file name):

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[U][N][n]

You may want to add [I] at the beginning.

[brontosaurusrex]

@white, can't find '\[I\]' in help, what is it?

[Dalai]

2brontosaurusrex
TC 11.00 introduced the new placeholder [I]:

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31.05.23 Release Total Commander 11.00 beta 5
[...]
29.05.23 Added: Multi-rename tool: New placeholder [I] or [I1] to ignore dots in folder names ([I0] to return to normal), so [N] contains the entire folder name and [E] is empty after this point (32/64)

[white]

@white, can't find '\[I\]' in help, what is it?

Perhaps you use an old TC version. It is in the help for recent versions:

[I] Ignore dots in folder names from this point forward, so [N] contains the entire folder name, and [E] is empty (no influence on files).
If inserted again, don't ignore dots in folder names any more from that point forward.

[white]

TC 11.00 introduced the new placeholder [I]:

When using older versions but not older than TC 9.10, one could go fancy and use:

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Filename mask: [=tc.directory][N]

Search for:    ^Yes(.+)|No(.+\.)|No(.+)
Replace with:  \U$1$2$3

[X] RegEx

[hi5]

As an alternative suggestion, if you are using a clipboard manager, many offer a change caps feature of the clipboard text, so it would be select part you want to change, copy, invoke it and done. In https://github.com/hi5/CL3/ (my own clipboard manager) it would be select, copy, tap winkey-F 3x to upper case (the number of taps can be changed of course). Sounds tedious but actually quite fast -- you can see it in action here https://github.com/hi5/CL3/wiki/CyclePlugins

[nsp]

Same kind of idea as @hi5:
If you use powerpro or AHK or AutoIt, you can define a specific key to copy selected text, transform to upper Case in clipboard, paste Again.
The Challenge to work inside TC edit field is to have a specific hotkey not trapped by TC and not loosing focus.
When entering +[F6] or once R-clicked to edit filename you can cycle with [F6] to exclude extension.

As a sample in powerpro i assigned key [win]c for totalcmd64 to a toUpper.powerpro script.

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clip.IgnoreNext                           ;; DO not monitor next entry
win.sendkeys("{slow}{ctrl}C")             ;; Copy text to clipboard
wait.for(50)
clip.setpaste(case("UPPER",clip.get),0)   ;; Paste latest clipboard value in UPPER CASE

if you want more, you can also use more script to lower case, remove space,..... with a macro.