Multi renaming

[LarsSandberg]

Hi

I read the help file about multi-renaming in TC 5.51 with great interest.
I can see that placeholders gives many possibilitees, but one thing that I miss or didn't found, is to delete a "column" like: Delete characters starting from column 16 to 37

Before:
D:\Deep Dish - Yosh-ABC123-iesque - CD 1 - 01
D:\Deep Dish - Yosh-DEF456-iesque - CD 1 - 02
D:\Deep Dish - Yosh-GHI789-iesque - CD 1 - 03
D:\Deep Dish - Yosh-JKL012-iesque - CD 1 - 04

So the string in the first line example is removed:
"Yosh-ABC123-iesque - "

Result:
D:\Deep Dish - CD 1 - 01
D:\Deep Dish - CD 1 - 02
D:\Deep Dish - CD 1 - 03
D:\Deep Dish - CD 1 - 04


Is that possible? If not, then this is my whish for next point release (5.52)

[pdavit]

Doesn’t the <clear> part of the “replace with” part of the multirename tool do the job for you? I face sometimes the same problem and what I do in order to tackle this problem is to type in the search field the part I want to be deleted and then use the (usually by default) <clear> function of the Replace With bit. Alternatively, you can insert spaces there (Replace With) to do the very same job!

Of course this is only feasible if the search string is common for all files. In your case that doesn’t apply. I haven’t tried though if the placeholders can be used within the search bit. That could be a workaround by specifying the range of characters.

[LarsSandberg]

Hi, search/ replace doesn't go, because the string from column 16 to 37 is different in my example, as you can see:

"Yosh-ABC123-iesque - "
"Yosh-DEF456-iesque - "

[Hacker]

How about [N1-15][N38-]?

HTH
Roman

[LarsSandberg]

Hi Roman

Thanks, that was a great idea, nothing less

[WatchUer]

Another one:
"Yosh-*-iesque - " in Search for Editbox,<Clear> in Replace with Editbox.

Yes, the Search & Replace support wildcard! I found it just now,

[pdavit]

Yes, the Search & Replace support wildcard! I found it just now,

Yes, I’ve test it myself too! One more example of discovering “new” TC features after years of use!

[Valentino]

I'm amazed too!!! Christian, why this is not mentioned in help?!

[pdavit]

I'm amazed too!!! Christian, why this is not mentioned in help?!

Heh! I guess this can easily be classified as an easter egg for that other thread in this forum about… well, easter eggs on TC!!!

http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=630

[ghisler(Author)]

Christian, why this is not mentioned in help?!

Sorry, my mistake. I added this just recently and forgot to document it in the help.