"first name Surname" to "Surname, first name"

Transam563 · 2014-11-19 22:01

Ive found where this is addressed a couple of times, but the answeres appeared to be so I can understand them.

my specific question is this..changing..

First Name Surname - File Name.zip

To

Surname, First Name - File Name.zip

If anyone could give me the exact example of how to do this I would
appreciate it

PS This is absolutely a wonderful program

Transam563 · 2014-11-19 22:06

If its in the same name, I know how to do it in "replace". The info request is if your names are different. Thanks

den4b · 2014-11-19 23:13

RegEx and Rearrange rules are your best friends for such tasks. You need to identify a pattern for separating 3 parts of your file names: First Name, Surname, File Name. But it's not clear how to identify Surname as it's not always just the last word.

Anyway, for simple cases this should work:
* RegEx: Replace expression "(.*) (.*?) - (.*)" with "$2, $1 - $3" (skip extension)

Input: First Name Surname - File Name.zip
Output: Surname, First Name - File Name.zip

Relevant help articles for RegEx and Rearrange rules:
* wiki/ReNamer:Rules:Rearrange
* wiki/ReNamer:Rules:Rearrange_Examples
* wiki/ReNamer:Rules:RegEx
* wiki/ReNamer:Regular_Expressions

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#1 2014-11-19 22:01

"first name Surname" to "Surname, first name"

#2 2014-11-19 22:06

Re: "first name Surname" to "Surname, first name"

#3 2014-11-19 23:13

Re: "first name Surname" to "Surname, first name"

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