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Many thanks. This is clever.

FILE NAME: vacation-Monday-[c]
search for: {blank}
replace with: [c]

Yes, this works. Clever part is in the FILE NAME because I was interpreting these 3 boxes to read as ".. WITHIN THE EXISTING FILE NAME, look for a pattern...., then replace that pattern with ...."

I ...

Sorry, noticed the spacing got truncated making my reply more difficult...

Rewrite:

In the search for box: ......... Replace Box
Easter - Briggs - >>>>>>> Vacation - Monday - [c]

Here are real names .....................This is the real result

Easter - Briggs - 50.jpg >>>>>>>Vacation - Monday ...

Well, its kind of close but not quite...

In the search for box: Replace Box
Easter - Briggs - Vacation - Monday - [c]

Here are real names This is the real result

Easter - Briggs - 50.jpg Vacation - Monday - 01 50.jpg
Easter - Briggs - 51.jpg Vacation - Monday - 02 51.jpg

So you can see, it sort ...

I have a cluster of files. All have same extension. All have same file names - EXCEPT, imbedded at the end of a file name are numbers.

Think when you get your camera pictures... they may all say IMG003.jpg or such .....

I take a select set of the pictures and rename - using the SEARCH "IMG ...