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gavinmag

Member

Registered: 2015-03-05

Posts: 1

Renaming Artists

All my music is stored in folders using the artists name. I want to be able to name these folders in a particular way. 

Artists that have a "The" in front of their names I want to rename them into a correct alphabetical format. IE

"The Who" becomes 'Who, the",
"The Beatles" becomes "Beatles, the",
"The Guess Who" changes to "Guess Who, the"
"The Dave Brubeck 5" becomes "Dave Brubeck 5, the", etc, etc

Is there a way where this could be done easily instead of renaming each folder separately?

Thanks
Gavinmag

Andrew

Senior Member

Registered: 2008-05-22

Posts: 542

Re: Renaming Artists

I'm sure it can be done using Rearrange or Regex or similar, but why not employ the most simple solution? Just sort the folders by name in Windows, select the ones with "The" in the beginning and drag-drop them into the app^†. Then add one rule to delete "The " from the beginning, and another to add ", the" at the end. Wouldn't that suffice?

† Before adding the folders make sure under Settings > Filters the option "Add files within folders" is unchecked, "Add folders as files" is checked and "Include subfolders" is unchecked.

Last edited by Andrew (2015-03-05 19:54)