repeating the last action on selected files.

[kotlmg]

let us say i have one text file by name
introduction to railway signalling and telecommunications.txt. now using f2, i will delete telecommunications, and the file will become introduction to railway signalling and.txt. i want to apply the same previous action of deleting those many characters in all selected files retaining their extensions.
or
like in msword, we can vertically highlight text by pressing alt and drawing the area to select the content. i want to rename selected files by drawing the area to my liking and keeping the extensions as it is.
is this possible with script? can anyone help me.

[highend]

With a script? Sure.

Read all filenames and store them in a variable. Open a window (with input()) and enter the word that should be replaced. Count the characters in the returned string and delete these chars from every filename (with substr()) within a foreach loop.

[kotlmg]

sir, can you please give the code.

[Stefan]

Let us say i have one text file by name
"introduction to railway signalling and telecommunications.txt"

now using F2, i will delete " telecommunications", and the file will become
"introduction to railway signalling and.txt"

i want to apply the same previous action of deleting those many characters in all selected files retaining their extensions.
or
like in msword, we can vertically highlight text by pressing alt and drawing the area to select the content.
I want to rename selected files by drawing the area to my liking and keeping the extensions as it is.
Is this possible with script? Can anyone help me please.

Easiest way?
* select files
* File / Rename Special / Edit Item Names... #147
* copy to W0rd or Notepad2 or such editor
* modify and copy back
* OKing "Edit Item Names..", you will even get an preview.

[Marco]

1. Select
2. Right click | Rename special | Search and Replace...
3. Type telecommunications/ (beware of trailing spaces)

[highend]

@Stefan & Marco:

Both solutions wouldn't work.

The length of his file names will differ and are (most probably) not right aligned if copied to a text editor so an alt + cursor to mark a block will fail if he wants to delete chars from the end of the line.

@Marco:

He said "those many characters" so it seems not all files in the selection contain the same word.

[Marco]

@Stefan & Marco:

Both solutions wouldn't work.

The length of his file names will differ and are (most probably) not right aligned if copied to a text editor so an alt + cursor to mark a block will fail if he wants to delete chars from the end of the line.

@Marco:

He said "those many characters" so it seems not all files in the selection contain the same word.

With my method every "telecommunications" occurrence is removed, regardless of its position in the filename.
And the title suggest he wants to apply one action (removing the word "telecommunications") from several files.
My method makes sense to me and would work (tested).

[kotlmg]

Marco, all the files will not have telecommunications word. i want to delete 17 characters (telecommunications) in all the files from the areal selection i made.

[kotlmg]

Easiest way?
* select files
* File / Rename Special / Edit Item Names... #147
* copy to W0rd or Notepad2 or such editor
* modify and copy back
* OKing "Edit Item Names..", you will even get an preview.

stefan sir,
your suggestion has worked for me. using msword i could select text in a block and delete them. i have copied back the same to edit item names window and it is perfectly working.

in the script i have written
#147;

[Stefan]

@Stefan & Marco:

Both solutions wouldn't work.

Sure it would work for what is requested:

or
like in msword, we can vertically highlight text by pressing alt and drawing the area to select the content.
i want to rename selected files by drawing the area to my liking and keeping the extensions as it is.
is this possible with script? can anyone help me.

I am not assuming what he might want to do, only what he wrote he want to.

[Stefan]

stefan sir,
your suggestion has worked for me.

Pretty fine. Thanks for the feedback. You are now allowed to drop the "sir" and just call me Stefan


EDIT:
no => now


EDIT:

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  //// Select a few files and execute this script:

  ////Copy the names of the selected files to the clipboard:
  #102;          ////File / To Clipboard / Item Name(s)

  //// Run MS Word or an text editor:
  run winword;
  ////Edit in Word, copy to the clipboard, switch back to XYplorer where "Edit Item Names..." waits for you

  ////Open an dialog to edit all selected files in one dialog:
  #147;          ////File / Rename Special / Edit Item Names...
  ////Past in your modified lines. OK the "Edit Item Names..." dialog, Click OK and watch the preview. Press "Rename Now". Done.

[kotlmg]

stefan, i tried the above code. selected files before executing the above code are not getting copied to clipboard. i have to again manually select and copy the files in edit window. i want only the base names to be displayed in the edit window and after renaming they should retain the original extensions. can you close the winword once rename is done? can you add copy and paste icons to the edit window?
tried the following modified code

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//// Select a few files and execute this script:

  ////Copy the names of the selected files to the clipboard:
  #113;          ////copy selected files base name
  //// Run MS Word or an text editor:
  run winword;
  ////Edit in Word, copy to the clipboard, switch back to XYplorer 

where "Edit Item Names..." waits for you

  ////Open an dialog to edit all selected files in one dialog:
  #147;          ////File / Rename Special / Edit Item Names...
  ////Past in your modified lines. OK the "Edit Item Names..." dialog, 

Click OK and watch the preview. Press "Rename Now". Done.
  

but it is not working. files are not getting copied to clipboard.

[Marco]

Maybe I'm a bit stupid, but still can't get want the OP wants to achieve. Maybe the deletion of a fixed amount of characters from the right of a file base name, applied to a selection of files?

[Stefan]

stefan, i tried the above code.
Selected files before executing the above code are not getting copied to clipboard.
I have to again manually select and copy the files in edit window.

Tried the following modified code
but it is not working. Files are not getting copied to clipboard.

Both works for me, clipboard is filled with names:
#102; ////File / To Clipboard / Item Name(s)
#113; ////copy selected files base name

I want only the base names to be displayed in the edit window
and after renaming they should retain the original extensions.

Not easy to make the error handling, and you would loose the preview dialog before renaming.

If #147; (Edit Item Names...) would got an "[] Exclude extensions" check box
then XYplorer had to store the extensions for each file in an array by index
and then add the extension to the modified names in the same order again.

Can you close the winword once rename is done?

No.

Can you add copy and paste icons to the edit window?

No. Ask Don.
I don't need that buttons but I would second the request to have an [Edit]-button
and an "default" editor app set in settings and used for all such buttons in XYplorer.
Settings
Default Text Editor: [<xypath>\folder\edit.exe]

XYplorer itself would store the name list into an temporary file, and call that temp file with the set default editor,
then XY could detect if you had saved that file in that editor and could automatically refresh the "Edit Item Names..." dialog.


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Maybe I'm a bit stupid, but still can't get want the OP wants to achieve. Maybe the deletion of a fixed amount of characters from the right of a file base name, applied to a selection of files?

All i know is he wants to do is using an app to "pressing alt and drawing the area to select the content."

.

[Stefan]

I want only the base names to be displayed in the edit window
and after renaming they should retain the original extensions.

Not easy to make the error handling, and you would loose the preview dialog before renaming.

I did some test an came up with an solution for you

Use Siren renamer with XYplorer file manager
http://scarabee-software.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=228

Siren renamer has no scripting support build-in but you can export and import from/to text editor
http://scarabee-software.net/forum/view ... d=756#p756

Siren_Scripts_small.png

Advantage of using Siren over XY:
you can chose to modify the file name itself or the base name only, and you get an preview even for base name editing before the actual renaming.