finding leading spaces in file names

[rgrichar]

Seems Windows doesn't worry about this much and will try to correct any manual input of leading spaces in file names, but seems I've used a sync/copy app that has left many hundreds of files with leading spaces in file names (spread thru a large folder structure).

Will Everything facilitate identifying all the offending files with leading spaces (regardless of remainder of file name)?

Any suggestions for a rename app to strip off these offenders once found. I'm thinking it's going to be a PowerShell script, but want to use something else to identify the scope of the problem (and confirm eventual fix)

[froggie]

With everything 1.5

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regex:^\s+.*

will find files with leading spaces.

Advanced Rename will let you fix them. No other software needed.

[raccoon]

Also try in 1.5:

nopath:^:" "

or

"\ "

[NotNull]

Advanced Rename will let you fix them.

In case you (= rgrichar) need some details:

• After typing in your search (see above), select all files ('CTRL + A')
• Press 'F2' (or: Menu:File > Rename)
• In the Rename dialog, enable Regular expressions
• Old Format:
  ^\s*
• New Format:
  (leave empty)
• Check the new filenames
• If all OK, press the OK button
• Done

And yet another option to search for names that start with a space (as if 3 options aren't enough ... )

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startwith:" "

(BTW: make sure Match Path and Regular Expressions are disabled under the Search menu)