File Renamer: Move first X characters to the end of the file name
Question by Mail Request | 2018-02-26 at 12:43
I like the application FileRenamer very much, simple and small.
However, I am missing a feature or I have not seen it.
If I change the file name by e.g. truncating 3 characters from the beginning, I would like to attach these removed characters to the behind but I don't want to use the placeholders %num% or %abs%.
023whatever.txt -> whatever023.txt
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In your case, I would just work with the search and replace function with regular expressions:
Search for: (.{3})(.*) Replace with: $2$1And do not forget to check "Interpret as Regular Expression".
The regular expression in "Search for" looks for any 3 characters at the beginning, the regular expression in "Replace with" inserts the found characters from the first bracket with $1 and the ones from the second bracket with $2. With $2$1, we'll swap the order and you will get your desired result.
I hope I could help you.
Last update on 2020-10-25 | Created on 2018-02-27