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I have multiple files like this:
abcdef_200.46.log

For all of these files, I want to rename to :
abcdef_200.46_.log

I used the Search and Replace, with this pattern:
46.log/46_.log
(I don't want to rely on the 46 alone, rather 46 before the .log extension)
Search and Replace does not change the 46 to 46_ . I looked around on topics on this, and I have
Configuration/Search and Replace/Replace / Exclude extensions unchecked. It does the same
if it is checked.
Is the extra '.' between 200 and 46 messing things up?

thanks,
John

No time to check this but if you just want the job done, you could use
RegExp Rename... instead

You should append the /e switch (= include extensions), else the sequence "46.log" is looked for only in the base name (and not found).

Including the /e does not seem to work. I am using Search and Replace.
For this example
trying to rename test2.bmp to: test_2.bmp
with this command: 2.bmp/_2.bmp /e

I get a dialog box with the following error:
This is not a valid filename:

_2.bmp /e

The following characters are not allowed: \ / : * ? " < > |

Which version of XY are you using?

Version 16.30.
thanks,
John

Too old. The /e switch was added in v17.20.0102.

I'm trying to add characters to the end of a filename with .BMP extension. Unlike previous tries, where the Search and Replace option on :
xyz.bmp/xyz2018.bmp/e would work with the e flag,

If I don't have characters in front of the '.bmp', this generates an error.
So this:
.bmp/2018.bmp/e generates an error. (This is not a valid filename, special characters not allowed).
I have Version 18.00.
Thanks, John

john3774 wrote:.bmp/2018.bmp/e

Have you tried this with a space before the /e flag?
Another option would be to forget about the extension and just do a Batch Rename with *2018 but this would rename any selected file not just BMP's.