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by Monarch1st
17.12.2016, 21:48
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How powerful is the mass-rename?
Replies: 7
Views: 9537

Re: How powerful is the mass-rename?

Woohoo! The id3 tag was there, and it all worked just fine. Easy peasy. Thank you very much!

And the '^' (carat or hat) is a wildcard in unix that matches the start of a string. But in this case wasn't needed. Cool.
by Monarch1st
16.12.2016, 23:26
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How powerful is the mass-rename?
Replies: 7
Views: 9537

Re: How powerful is the mass-rename?

If they have id3 tag included, then it's easy... If id3 tag is missing, it will be very complicated, probably impossible. How do I find if the id3 tag is there? Also, in unix (it may be vi, or sed. someplace in unix, it's been awhile), when you search/replace, you can use a carat '^' for the beginn...
by Monarch1st
16.12.2016, 04:51
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How powerful is the mass-rename?
Replies: 7
Views: 9537

How powerful is the mass-rename?

I've got a bunch of files to rename, and it's anything but straight-forward. They're in this format: "A_Scandal_In_Bohemia_1954_32kb.mp3" i.e. name, date, quality, all separated by underlines even in the name. and '.mp3', but that's not modified nor moved. I want to put a name in front, mo...