Replace spaces with dashes

DaveWillett · 2013-10-09 08:59

Hi, I have filenames as follows (examples):

Aaaaa - Bbbb.pdf
Aaaaa Cccc.pdf

How do I remove the spaces and replace with a -
My filenames have spaces either side of a Hiphen or just spaces, all my files need to be in the following format:

Aaaaa-Bbbb.pdf
Aaaaa-Cccc.pdf

So the filenames are continuous and have no spaces.

den4b · 2013-10-09 09:37

Here are there rules which will do this for you:
1) Replace: Replace all "-" with " " (skip extension)
2) CleanUp: Normalize spaces, Fix spaces (skip extension)
3) Replace: Replace all " " with "-" (skip extension)

The logic is it replace all dashes with spaces first, then remove duplicated spaces, and last step is to replace spaces back with dashes.

P.S. "Normalize spaces" option is available only in the latest development version but is not necessary for this to work.

DaveWillett · 2013-10-09 12:56

Fantastic... great help thanks

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Replace spaces with dashes

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