Question regarding moving files to subdirs

[Hakker]

I'm seeking a solution to a problem I have.
I get files in one dir long live downloading. however I wish to move them to subdir based on part of their name but I have no idea how I would automate it a bit more.

the filenames are basically

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[folder]
-- blabla more stuff [whats this] (more stuff) more name (abcdef) [fixed] etc.extension
-- blabla more stuff [whats this] (more stuff) more name (ghijkl) [fixed] etc.extension

basically the subdir need to be whats in (abcdef) or (ghijkl) and the [fixed] part is the most in common part which could help me with searching since more special chars are used. resulting in:

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[folder]
-[abcdef]
-- blabla more stuff [whats this] (more stuff) more name (abcdef) [fixed] etc.extension
-[ghijkl]
-- blabla more stuff [whats this] (more stuff) more name (ghijkl) [fixed] etc.extension

I have no clue if TC can actually do this or if I need to find a batch script that can do something like that or if there is a tool.

[nsp]

I'm seeking a solution to a problem I have.
I get files in one dir long live downloading. however I wish to move them to subdir based on part of their name but I have no idea how I would automate it a bit more.

the filenames are basically

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[folder]
-- blabla more stuff [whats this] (more stuff) more name (abcdef) [fixed] etc.extension
-- blabla more stuff [whats this] (more stuff) more name (ghijkl) [fixed] etc.extension

basically the subdir need to be whats in (abcdef) or (ghijkl) and the [fixed] part is the most in common part which could help me with searching since more special chars are used. resulting in:

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[folder]
-[abcdef]
-- blabla more stuff [whats this] (more stuff) more name (abcdef) [fixed] etc.extension
-[ghijkl]
-- blabla more stuff [whats this] (more stuff) more name (ghijkl) [fixed] etc.extension

I have no clue if TC can actually do this or if I need to find a batch script that can do something like that or if there is a tool.

If you only care of what is enclosed into the second parenthesis place, you can use MRT.

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Search for:.*\((.*)\).*\((.*)\).*
replace with:$2\\$0

use the options: [E], RegEx and Subst

[petermad]

2Hakker

If you don't know it - nsp is writing about using the Multi-rename Tool (Ctrl+M)