RegExp rename problem with spaces[EXPLAINED]

[bdeshi]

Try to regexp rename this file with that pattern:

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"The        Spacious.txt"

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"^The > "

Only "the" should be replaced with "", but all those spaces are replaced too! Why? Fix how?

Sorry for two back-to-back reports, but found out about the other bug/confusion while testing this one.

EDIT:pattern typo+standardization

[Stefan]

It is a MS design rule that a file name must not have leading spaces.
XY follow this rule. Only some managers, like DOS, allow to keep or add leading spaces.
There must be a post about this topic already somewhere...


And... why

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"^\t\h\e > "

?

One would simple use "^the > "

"\t" is a meta char to match a tab in RegEx.



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If you really want to keep leading spaces, RegEx rename

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"^the\s > #"

while instead of # -sign you would hold the Alt-key and type 255 on the numpad.

This will exchange the space after 'the' with a "non-breaking space". (visit a ASCII table)




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[bdeshi]

Okay, thanks!

I know I don't have to escape literal alphabets, but the T was actually capital (typo) and the slashes escaped dots originally and were kept in.