MultiRenameTool: RegEx Remove parts and change dot to space

[BullFrog]

Hello

I want method to quick rename my movies in one round with Total Commander with built-in multi rename tool.

But I stuck. I want movies like this:
La.boum.1980.720p.Anything.Any.Word

To become this:
La Boum (1980)

My friend made this to achieve the renaming
Search: (\.)(\d{4}).*
Replace: $2

La.boum (1980)


But how can I replace the dots (.) with space?

[Ovg]

Search for (.*)\.(.*)\.(.*\d{4}).*
Replace with $1 $2 ($3)

[Stefan2]

La.boum (1980)

But how can I replace the dots (.) with space?

FROM:
La.boum (1980)
TO:
La boum (1980)

DO:
- select file(s)
- open Mutirename Tool
- Search&Replace
Search: .
Replace: ~
[_] E
[_] RegEx


Search for an dot and instead of ~-sign enter a space.


- - -


And the RegEx for

La.boum.1980.720p.Anything.Any.Word
Anything.Any.Word.FourDigits.Anything.Any.Word

to
La.Boum (1980)
Anything.Any.Word (FourDigits)

would be
Search: (.+)\.(\d{4}).*
Replace: $1 ($2)
[_] E
[X] RegEx

 

[BullFrog]

Search for (.*)\.(.*)\.(.*\d{4}).*
Replace with $1 $2 ($3)

And what If there were more dots? What if the movie title had more than 2 words? Or maybe just one?
Titanic Or Scream.Queens.Horror.Heroines.Exposed.2014.720p.BluRay.x264


@Stefan2
I really want to make it work in one rename with one regexp.

[nsp]

Code: Select all

Search for : '\.+'
Replace with       : ' '

[x]RegExp
And give a try

[BullFrog]

Code: Select all

Search for : '\.+'
Replace with       : ' '

[x]RegExp
And give a try

It only replaces dots with spaces, but does not format the text: Title (date) and remove the rest.

[BullFrog]

Is this even possible?

[Stefan2]

You have to do it with two renaming steps, if you want to do it in TC.

Or utilize "Edit names..." from MRT and use a text editor with scripting...
Or use script wdx plugin and a VBS script...

Or best use a dedicated renaming tool, where you can add several renaming steps and then rename at once.

But performing two times a renaming with TC might be suitable enough, depending how often you will need such operations.
1) shorten the name
2) change the dots


 

[Dalai]

I regularly rename TV recordings of OnlineTVRecorder.com and use two renaming profiles in TC for this task. It's quite easy to apply them one after the other since you can select a profile with F2 and reload the file list (in MRT) with F5.

So, in essence

1. mark the files
2. call the MRT (Ctrl+M)
3. press F2 there and select the renaming profile
4. press Enter to rename the files
5. press F5 to reload the file list into the MRT
6. press F2 again and select the second renaming profile
7. press Enter

And that's it. It may look more complicated than it really is, at least once you have your renaming profiles ready to use.

Regards
Dalai

[Ovg]

2BullFrog

Small vbs script for you

https://yadi.sk/d/-mz8f4GBfmut8

Create button from code below

Code: Select all

TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
Rnm.vbs
%F (.+)\.(\d{4}).*
shell32.dll,115
Rename Files


-1

Select files to rename and press button

[BullFrog]

2BullFrog

Small vbs script for you

https://yadi.sk/d/-mz8f4GBfmut8

Create button from code below

Code: Select all

TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
Rnm.vbs
%F (.+)\.(\d{4}).*
shell32.dll,115
Rename Files


-1

Thank you!

Near perfect, but it only works for FILES and not for FOLDERS, is it possible to implement to work for both?

[Ovg]

Rename folders or files in them?

[BullFrog]

Rename folders or files in them?

Folders! The files in folders can remain the old, Kodi needs only the folders to be renamed like that.

[Ovg]

2BullFrog

Done.
Please try new one https://yadi.sk/d/-mz8f4GBfmut8

[BullFrog]

2BullFrog

Done.
Please try new one https://yadi.sk/d/-mz8f4GBfmut8

Thanks for your effort!
I've tested it now, and tested to rename the folders too, but strangely files works perfectly, but it renames folders wrong.

Folder rename example:
The.Interview.2014.1080p.Bluray.Dts.X264.hun-trinity
To
The Interview 2014 (1080).hun-trinity

File example
The.Interview.2014.1080p.Bluray.Dts.X264.hun-trinity.mkv
To
The Interview 2014 (1080).mkv

File example without file extension
The.Interview.2014.1080p.Bluray.Dts.X264.hun-trinity
To
The Interview 2014 (1080).hun-trinity