Rename - Ignore Extension

[therube]

(F2) [Multi-file] Rename - Ignore Extension

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test 123.mp4
test 123.flv
test 456.mp4
test 456.flv

As it is now, if I select all those files & I want to APPEND some data to the filenames of those files, I have to select the mp4's, individually, & the flv's, individually.

Doing so individually leaves the common extension as a text element:

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test   %1   .mp4
or
test   %1   .flv

Likewise I can APPEND data to the file name & not loose the extension.

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test   %1   river   .mp4
or
test   %1   kwai   .flv

Though had I selected all the files together, mp4 & flv, the files are seen as:

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test   %1

The extension is "eaten" (ends up as part of %1).

So if I APPEND in that way, I get something like this:

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test 123.mp4 river

If there were a checkbox to ignore extension, then I could select all the files, append my wanted data & not end up loosing my extension.


And I ran into just that situation before, Rename caused file deletion [NOT].
And I even alluded to just this RFE back here, multi-file renaming.

[mwsm]

You can retain different extensions during a rename with this pattern:

Old format: %1.%2
New format: %1 river.%2

which will rename all of your example files from:

test 123.mp4
test 123.flv
test 456.mp4
test 456.flv

to:

test 123 river.mp4
test 123 river.flv
test 456 river.mp4
test 456 river.flv

without having to individually select them.

[therube]

Neat.
Didn't realize you could add a placeholder to Old format: like that.

Thanks.