Rearrange?

skates · 2014-01-13 22:46

Hello, I'm a novice at RegX. I have some pics to rename, e.g.

In the Summertime by Edward Dean Hopper

which I'd like to rename to

Hopper, Edward Dean - In the Summertime.

Any help would be appreciated.

Last edited by skates (2014-01-13 22:59)

Stefan · 2014-01-14 08:06

Hi.

1) replace "by" with "-"
2a) match all before and all behind the dash but the last word behind the last space (.+) - (.+ )(\w+)
2b) replace by $3, $2- $1

Tip: there some of this tasks already done and can be found in the forum and the wiki.
Search for regex and rearrange rule.

Last edited by Stefan (2014-01-14 08:08)

den4b · 2014-01-14 17:04

I would just suggest modifying the first rule to replace " by " with " - " (with spaces on both sides).

So to skip instances where "by" is a part of another word, for example: "goodbye".

skates · 2014-01-15 01:44

Thank you much for the suggestions. I accomplished what I set out to do thanks to your help.

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