#1 2023-01-13 06:30

mikeincairns
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Registered: 2023-01-13
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Need to fix duplicate extensions filename.pdf.pdf

I have a lot of files (not all my files) with duplicate extensions, for example...

<filename>.pdf.pdf

Is there an easy way to detect and fix these?
I think they are all pdf's if that helps at all.

Thankyou
BTW - this is awesome software.

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#2 2023-01-13 08:33

den4b
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Re: Need to fix duplicate extensions filename.pdf.pdf

You can do this using the Regular Expressions rule:

Expression: (\.[^.]+)\1+\Z
Replace: $1
Skip extension: NO

This will remove all duplicate file extensions.

I think we can also add a dedicated option for that to the Extension rule in the coming version.

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#3 2023-01-13 09:21

mikeincairns
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Re: Need to fix duplicate extensions filename.pdf.pdf

To everyone at den4b
Thankyou.  You are amazing.

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#4 2023-02-22 17:19

den4b
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Re: Need to fix duplicate extensions filename.pdf.pdf

A dedicated option to remove duplicate file extensions was added in ReNamer 7.4.0.4 Beta.

The new option can be found in the Extension rule.

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#5 2023-02-23 06:41

mikeincairns
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Re: Need to fix duplicate extensions filename.pdf.pdf

You guys rock !!

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