Bulk Rename Utility

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I have been using Bulk Rename utility and I have been having some issues. I have some files named things like 664722.pdf,664762.pdf, and 664722-1.pdf that I need to rename. The problem is I have to rename about 50 of these at a time.

So, I am converting from the top to the bottom row.

664722.pdf              664762.pdf              664722-1.pdf

664722-LabelProof.pdf   664762-LabelProof.pdf   664722-1-LabelProof.pdf

So, right now I have to do ([0-9]{6})(-[0-9])? and name the files to \1\2-LabelProof and THEN drop back to ([0-9]{6})(-[0-9])? and name the files to \1-LabelProof I am on windows.

Is anyone able to come up with a Regex that can match both 664722 AND 664722-1 at the same time and I can still call something to convert both jobs with and without subs to have -LabelProof at the end.

I thought about matching something like .pdf to replace it with -LabelProof.pdf, but it wont just be these PDFs. These are just the new ones and I have to leave all of the other ones alone.

Best Answer

Use ([0-9]{6}(-[0-9])?)\.pdf and replace with \1-LabelProof.pdf. This will make it so that \1 includes everything before .pdf, on both files with and without dash and a number.

This matches a six numbers in a row, then matches a dash and a number in the form -3 either 0 or 1 times. Basically six numbers and then a - number if it is there.

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