How to rename a file with text that is inside brackets ?

Rascom · 2023-05-06 11:44

Hello. How to rename a file with text that is inside brackets ?

Example:
"File_Name [ABC-123].txt"
or
"File_Name (ABC-123).txt" needs to become:

"ABC-123.txt"

Brackets can be anywhere in file name.

den4b · 2023-05-06 22:56

It can be done in few different ways.

For example, using these Regular Expression rules:

1) Replace expression ".*?$(.*?)$.*" with "$1" (skip extension)
2) Replace expression ".*?\[(.*?)\].*" with "$1" (skip extension)

Example input filenames:

File_Name [ABC-123].txt
File_Name (ABC-456).txt

Example output filenames:

ABC-123.txt
ABC-456.txt

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