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This rule can be used in many ways. Only a few examples are given below.
== Examples ==
 
For simplicity's sake, we have split the uses in two parts:
 
#'''Basic uses''' (typical needs of beginners)
#'''Advanced uses''' (for the power users)
 
== Basic uses<br>  ==
 
=== Example 1  ===
 
'''Task:''' Swap parts of name.
 
{| style="width: 334px; height: 70px;" class="wikitable"
|-
! From:
! To:
|-
| Artist - Title.mp3
| Title - Artist.mp3
|}
 
'''Settings:'''
 
Split using: (o)Delimiter <BR>
" - " (without the quotes)<BR>
 
New pattern: $2 - $1<BR>
[X] Skip Extensions
 
Explanation: We split the string at the hyphen (dash or minus sign -) or whatever you use to separate Artist from Title<BR>
Now, all signs before the dash are stored in variable $1, all after are put in var $2.<BR>
Because we want to swap this parts, we simple swap the vars in the output, the "New Pattern": $2 $1<BR>
And since this rule removes the used delimiter, we add it on our own: "$2 - $1", or use an new delimiter as e.g.: "$2_-_$1"
 
=== Example 2  ===
 
'''Task:''' Insert text before the original name.
 
{| style="width: 334px; height: 70px;" class="wikitable"
|-
! From:
! To:
|-
| Ring Ring<br>
| ABBA - Ring Ring
|-
| The winner takes it all<br>
| ABBA -The winner takes it all
|}
 
'''Settings:'''
 
Delimiter: none (leave blank)<br>
 
New order/pattern: ABBA - $0
 
'''Remarks:&nbsp; '''is same as the '''[[ReNamer:Rules:Insert|Insert]] '''rule.<br>
 
=== Example 3  ===
 
'''Task:''' Insert text before and after the original name.
 
{| style="width: 380px; height: 86px;" class="wikitable"
|-
! From:
! To:
|-
| Ring Ring<br>
| ABBA- Ring Ring (Live)
|-
| The winner takes it all<br>
| ABBA-The winner takes it all (Live)<br>
|}
 
'''Settings:'''
 
Delimiter: none (leave blank)<br>
 
New order/pattern: ABBA- $0 (Live)
 
'''Remarks:&nbsp; '''is same as using the '''[[ReNamer:Rules:Insert|Insert]] '''rule <u>twice</u> (one for adding the prefix, and another for adding the suffix).<br>
 
=== Example 4  ===
 
'''Task:''' Switch the words, and remove the comma between them.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From:
! To:
|-
| King, Stephen
| Stephen King
|-
| Cook, Robin
| Robin Cook
|-
| Pride and Prejudice, The
| The Pride and Prejudice
|}
 
'''Settings:'''
 
Delimiter: ", " (without the quotes)
 
New Order: $2 $1
 
=== Example 5  ===
 
'''Task:''' Move a word to a new position.
 
{| class="prettytable"
|-
! From:
! To:
|-
| Words sample 1234 07-07-07
| 1234 Words sample 07-07-07
|}
 
'''Settings:'''
 
Delimiter: " " (only a space, without the quotes)
 
New Order: $3 $1 $2 $4
 
=== Example 6  ===
 
'''Task:''' Get rid of the numbers, hyphen and space at the beginning.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From:
! To:
|-
| 01 - Afilename.zip
| Afilename.zip
|-
| 002 - Bfilename.zip
| Bfilename.zip
|-
| 0003 - Cfilename.zip
| Cfilename.zip
|}
 
'''Settings:'''
 
Delimiter: "- " (without the quotes)
 
New Order: $2
 
'''Remarks:'''
 
#Note that the delimiter contains a space. If only a hyphen is used as delimiter, then a space would be left out in the beginning of the name, which you would have to trim separately.
#The '''Delete''' rule also would work (in ''right-to-left ''mode). But the '''Rearrange''' rule also allows you to add any string to the truncated names.
 
=== Example 7  ===
 
'''Task: '''Move the first part to the end.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From:
! To:
|-
| TEST.aaa.bbb.100.ext
| aaa.bbb.100.TEST.ext
|}
 
'''Setting:'''
 
Delimiter: "." (without the quotes)
 
New Order: $2.$3.$4.$1<br>
 
=== Example 8  ===
 
'''Task: '''Move the artist's name from end to the beginning, and change the name format.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From:
! To:
|-
| Ring ring_ABBA.mp3
| ABBA - Ring Ring.mp3
|-
| Material girl_Madonna.mp3
| Madonna - Material girl mp3
|}
 
'''Settings:'''
 
Delimiter: "_" (without the quotes)
 
New Order: $2 - $1
 
=== Example 9  ===
 
'''Task:''' Move the numbers to the beginning.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From:
! To:
|-
| DSC_0001-1.jpg
| 1-DSC_0001.jpg
|-
| DSC_0001-2.jpg
| 2-DSC_0001.jpg
|-
| DSC_0001-10.jpg
| 10-DSC_0001.jpg
|}
 
'''Settings:'''
 
Delimiter: "-" (without the quotes)
 
New Order: $2-$1
 
=== Example 10  ===
 
'''Task:''' Insert "sent_" before the last 3 digits.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From:
! To:
|-
| family_001.jpg
| family_sent_001.jpg
|-
| work_023.jpg
| work_sent_023.jpg
|-
| friend_098.jpg
| friend_sent_098.jpg
|}
 
'''Settings:'''
 
Delimiter: "_" (without the quotes)
 
New Order: $1_sent_$2
 
'''Remarks:'''
 
The '''Insert''' rule also would work (in ''right-to-left ''mode). But the '''Rearrange''' rule also allows you to add any string to the names.
 
=== Example 11  ===
 
'''Task:''' Remove the name of the artist (delete text until hyphen).
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From:
! To:
|-
| Sting - All This Time.mp3
| All This Time.mp3
|}
 
'''Settings:'''
 
Delimiter: "- " (without the quotes)
 
New Order: $2
 
'''Remarks:'''
 
#Note the space after the hyphen. If we use just a "-" as delimiter, the second token would be left with a space in front, which we will have to trim separately.
#Even the '''Delete''' rule would have worked (in ''right-to-left ''mode). But the '''Rearrange''' rule also allows you to add any string to the new name.
 
=== Example 12  ===
 
'''Task:''' Remove the track numbers (and any separator symbol after that) from the beginning of the filenames:
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From:
! To:
|-
| 08. Madonna - Like A Prayer.wma
| rowspan="3" | Madonna - Like A Prayer.wma
|-
| 08.-Madonna - Like A Prayer.wma
|-
| 08 Madonna - Like A Prayer.wma
|}
 
'''Settings:'''
 
Delimiter: "Madonna" (without the quotes)
 
New Order: Madonna$2
 
'''Remarks: '''
 
We chose the string "Madonna" as delimiter because it does not occur anywhere else in the names. The unwanted characters on the left are assigned to token $1, which we will not omit in the new name. However, there is an undesired side-effect: ReNamer removes "Madonna" string from the token $2 because it is the delimiter. Therefore, we have to manually add that missing string "Madonna" to $2, to restore the names.
 
=== Example 13  ===
 
'''Task:''' Move the number to front, and remove the square brackets.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From:
! To:
|-
| Name XXX [0001].jpg
| 0001 - Name XXX.jpg
|}
 
'''Settings:'''
 
Delimiter: "[|]" (without the quotes)
 
New Order: $2 - $1
 
'''Remarks:'''
 
#The | character is used to separate the two delimiters.
#The second delimiter "|" will not produce a token. It is included only to remove it from the new name.
 
=== Example 14  ===
 
'''Task:''' Add composer name and duration to an mp3 file, as prefix and suffix, respectively.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From:
! To:
|-
| Eine kleine Nachtmusik.mp3
| Mozart - Eine kleine Nachtmusik (6.37).mp3
|-
| Don Giovanni.mp3
| Mozart - Don Giovanni (4.5).mp3
|}
 
'''Settings:'''
 
Positions: 1
 
New Order: Mozart - $2 (:AudioDuration:)
 
'''Remarks:'''
 
#This can also be done by using the '''Insert''' rule. However, you have to use that rule twice (once for prefix and the second time for the suffix). On the other hand, the '''Rearrange''' rule allows you to add both in a single stroke. Besides, you can see the structure of the new name.
#When the original name is sliced at position 1, there is no characters on the left side; so the $1 token is a blank. The ''entire'' name is copied into the $2 token. This is a great trick to compose new name using the ''whole'' original name.
 
== Advanced uses  ==
 
=== Example 1  ===
 
'''Task:''' Remove the string from the file name.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From:
! To:
|-
| Artist - Title [Time 4 02 Cold] [2004].mpg
| Artist - Title [2004].mpg
|}
 
'''Settings:'''
 
Delimiter: " [T|d] " (without the quotes)
 
New Order: $1 $3
 
'''Remarks:'''
 
#The '''|''' character separates the two delimiters.
#Notice that we have included spaces in the delimiters, so that they do not end up as part of the tokens.
#We have selected two ''different'' delimiters to represent the beginning and the end of the string we want to remove. Thus '''''whatever''''' lies between the two delimiters is converted into a token. This token is then omitted in the new name. This works just like using wildcards for the string (or a RegEx pattern).
 
=== Example 2  ===
 
'''Task:''' The file names contain artist name, album name and track name. Sort them into separate folders as follows:
 
#Create a separate folder for each artist.
#For each artist, create a subfolder for each album.
#Move each file in the corresponding folder.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From:
! To:
|-
| Title - Artist (Album).mp3
| D:\Artist\Album\Title.mp3
|}
 
'''Settings:'''
 
Delimiter: " - | (|)" (without the quotes)
 
New pattern: D:\$2\$3\$1
 
'''Remarks:'''
 
#Note that the delimiters contain spaces and symbols, so that only text remains in the tokens.
#The last delimiter ) does not produce a token. It is added just to strip the closing bracket from the last token.
#Instead of '''D:''' a relative path (such as '''..\..\''') can be added to the front.
 
=== Example 3  ===
 
'''Task: '''Sort digital photos in different folders based on the '''Date taken''' for each photo.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From:
! To:
|-
| DSC_0001.jpg
| D:\photos\trip\2009_10_21\DSC_0001.jpg
|-
| DSC_0002.jpg
| D:\photos\trip\2009_10_21\DSC_0002.jpg
|-
| DSC_0125.jpg
| D:\photos\trip\2009_10_25\DSC_0125.jpg
|}
 
'''Settings:'''
 
Delimiter: - (none)
 
New pattern: D:\photos\trip\:EXIF_Date:\$0
 
'''Remarks:'''
 
#Note that this EXIF data is contained in the meta tag of each photo, not in the file name.
#The meta tag ''':EXIF_Date:''' is replaced by the actual '''date taken''' for each photo. Thus all photos taken on the same date will be moved to the same folder.
#The actual name of the folder would depend on the [[ReNamer:Program settings#Meta_tags_settings|Date and Time format settings]].
 
=== Example 4  ===
 
'''Task:''' Delete the last part of the base name (but the extension should remain). Note that the file names have different lengths, so you cannot slice the name at a particular position. The names have a different depths also (number of segments separated by dots).
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From:
! To:
|-
| title.text1.text2.extension
| title.text1.extension
|-
| title.text1.text2.text3.extension
| title.text1.text2.extension
|}
 
'''Setting:''' The solution requires a stack of two different rules, as shown below:
 
1. '''Replace''' Rule
 
Find: "." (without the quotes)
 
Replace: "#" (without the quotes)
 
Check "[X] Last" to find and replace last occurrence of an dot only.<br />
Check "[X] Skip Extension" to not replace the file/extension separator as last dot.
 
(this is a temporary change; which will be eliminated in the second step)
 
2. '''Rearrange''' rule
 
Delimiter: "#" (without the quotes)
 
New Order: $1
 
'''Remarks:'''
 
We had to do this indirectly because the '''Rearrange''' rule cannot pick only the last dot as delimiter; and ignore the other dots. So we used a trick: we first changed the last dot into another character (using the '''Replace''' rule), and then use that new character as delimiter in the '''Rearrange''' rule.
 
 
=== Example 5  ===
 
'''Task:''' Swap parts with more then one of the same delimiter
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From:
! To:
|-
| I. Author - Book title - True story.pdf
| Book title - True story (I. Author).pdf
|-
| I. Author - Book title.pdf
| Book title (I. Author).pdf
|}
 
First exchange the first occurrence of the delimiter by an completely other sign, e.g. #<BR>
* Add an "Replace" Rule<BR>
* Replace First " - "  with  "#", [X] Skip Extension<BR>
 
So we got
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From:
! To:
|-
| I. Author # Book title - True story.pdf
| Book title - True story (I. Author).pdf
|-
| I. Author # Book title.pdf
| Book title (I. Author).pdf
|}
 
 
Now use
'''Settings:'''
 
Split using: (o)Delimiter <BR>
" # " (without the quotes)<BR>
 
New pattern: $2 ($1)<BR>
[X] Skip Extensions


'''Remarks:'''
Examples have been moved to a separate article [[ReNamer:Rules:Rearrange Examples|Rearrange Examples]].
Since this rule removes the used delimiter, we don't have to take care about them in the output.

Revision as of 01:33, 3 April 2010

Rearrange rule

RearrangeRule.png

This rule allows you to chop up the existing file name and reuse any/all of the parts in any order to compose a new name.

  • You can also add your own text, or use meta tags while composing the new name.
  • You can also use the whole original name, and insert literal text (or meta tags) around it.

The parameters are as follows:

Parameter: How to use:
Split using

Specifies how to split the existing name into parts.

  • You can use only one of the three options at a time (you cannot combine the chopping methods)
Option: What it does:
Delimiters

Chop the name where the delimiter occurs.

  • The delimiter can be a single character or a string.
  • The chopped parts do not contain the delimiters (they are omitted totally)
  • Spaces, numbers and symbols are treated like normal characters.
  • Several delimiters can be used at a time. Use the | character to separate them.
  • The chopped parts are numbered from left, as $1, $2, $3, etc.
The same parts can be referred from the end as $-1, $-2, $-3, etc.
  • If the delimiter occurs at the very beginning of the name, the resultant $1 contains nothing (because there is nothing on the left side of the delimiter).
Positions

Chop the name at the indicated position (the position count begins with 1).

  • If you enter position n, ReNamer will chop the n-th character and all characters beyond that in a separate piece.
  • Spaces, numbers and symbols are treated like normal characters.
  • No part of the original name is omitted during chopping.
  • You can enter multiple positions. Separate them with the | character.
  • The chopped parts are numbered from left, as $1, $2, $3, etc.
The same parts can be referred from the end as $-1, $-2, $-3, etc.
Exact pattern of delimiters

Chop the name using the exact pattern (sequence) of the delimiters.

Right-to-left

If selected, the numbering starts from right.

  • The characters of the original names are counted from right (the count begins with 1)
  • The chopped parts will also be numbered from right ($1, $2, etc.)
PlusButton.png Adds a | character between two delimiter entries, and separates them.
(You can directly type the | character instead of clicking on this button.).
New pattern

How to compose the new name from the parts created from the original name (see above).

  • You can add meta tags and literal text wherever you want.
  • $0 refers to the whole original name. This allows you to quickly compose a new name by inserting a string at the beginning and/or end.
ReNamer Insert Meta Tag Button.png Click the button to see a list of meta-tags. Select any meta tag to insert it in the new name template.

Examples

Examples have been moved to a separate article Rearrange Examples.

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