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[aurumdigitus]

Want to use Rename Special with a RegExp. Expression one would remove the first X characters of a file name(s). Expression two would remove the last X characters from the file(s) name.

(In my gut think I may have requested this many iterations of XY ago but now am unable to find the code. )

[TheQwerty]

I'm not sure if this old script I posted actually still works but it could handle those two cases when it did: http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2316

Either way the regex patterns in it should still be good, though it's possible they could be improved (I've learned a bit since then).


In simplest terms...
This will remove 2 characters from the beginning.

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^.{2} > 

Similarly, this will remove 3 from the end of the full filename.

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.{3}$ > 

But you probably want to remove them from the base name before the extension so you'd want something like

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.{3}(\.[^.]+$) > $1

[highend]

1.

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^\w{X} > 

2.

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\w{X}(\.[^.]+$) > $1

X = the max number of chars to remove

[aurumdigitus]

Thanks everyone!

Some time before the sun runs out of hydrogen I try to sit down and learn this RegExp business.