Rename Special

[hawaii]

I am having a heck of a time locating "rename special," I've been looking in the https://www.xyplorer.com/download/XYplorerHelp.pdf but unable to locate it within xyplorer. Now, now I see it's at the top of Right-Click file or file selection.

I'm trying to rename selected files with spaces (ie: "DATE_DAY at M-DD TIME") with underscores.

Using

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    $items = <get SelectedItemsNames>;
    end (!$items), "No item(s) selected, aborted!";

    $items = recase($items);
    $items = regexreplace($items, "( |-|_)+", "_");
    $new   = "";
    foreach($item, $items, <crlf>, "e") {
        $new .= regexreplace(gpc($item, "base"), "[^a-z0-9-]+", , 1) . "." . gpc($item, "ext") . <crlf>;
    }
    $new = trim($new, <crlf>, "R");
    if ($new != $items) {
        rename "l", $new, "p", , 64;
    }

This displays

Missing Seperator " > " between RegExpPattern and ReplaceWith!

Also if it's possible to generate a txt file stating what changed in the directory with original file format and new file formate time and date within the file?

[highend]

You are pasting a full script into a simple pattern (one-line) edit box? oO

Menu - File - Rename Special - Search and Replace: > _
Done

Also if it's possible to generate a txt file stating what changed in the directory with original file format and new file formate time and date within the file?

Now you need to use a real script, the Rename Special doesn't provide logging to a .txt file

[hawaii]

You are pasting a full script into a simple pattern (one-line) edit box? oO

Menu - File - Rename Special - Search and Replace: > _
Done

Also if it's possible to generate a txt file stating what changed in the directory with original file format and new file formate time and date within the file?

Now you need to use a real script, the Rename Special doesn't provide logging to a .txt file

Captain DumbDumb here.

I see that now.

There is also an option for replace spaces to underscore.

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Okay, I'll have to come up with a PS script for the rename and logging then.

[highend]

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    $items = <get SelectedItemsNames>;
    end (!$items), "No item(s) selected, aborted!";
    setting "BackgroundFileOps", 0;

    $new = ""; $log = "";
    foreach($item, $items, <crlf>, "e") {
        $tmp = regexreplace($item, " ", "_");
        if ($tmp != $item) { $log .= $item . " => " . $tmp . <crlf>; }
        $new .= $tmp . <crlf>;
    }
    if (trim($new, <crlf>, "R") != $items) {
        rename "l", $new, "p", , 64;
        writefile("<curpath>\!changes.txt", $log, , "utf8");
        #485; // Refresh list
    }