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Hi there,

I've got a bunch of graphc files that have a "_XY" at the end of their names - XY is a language identifier f. e. "_EN" for English, "_PL" for Polish.

Now I have to put them in separate langue folders "EN", "PL" - without the identifier: Copy all "<name>_EN.png" into "EN" folder as "<name>.jpg".

Can this be done using Salamander without the need to rename each file individually?

TIA

Franz-Josef

You can't move and rename the files simultaneously. What you can do is replace the files _EN.png first using the batch renamer then move them to the EN folder. Repeat the same for the other countries.

Yes, it is possible using the Renamer plugin.

0. create subdirectories EN, PL, etc. (Commands > Create Directory)
1. select all desired files (Edit > Select)
2. start Renamer (Plugins > Renamer > Batch Rename)
3. set Mask to *_en.* (only _en files will be affected, look at Preview list)
4. set Options > Rename Relative Paths
5. set New name to en\$(OriginalName)
6. set Search for to _en (this step will remove the _en appendix)
7. press the Rename

Then you can change the EN string to PL (step 4, 6, 7) and Rename again.

There is even more convenient way to do this, using regular expressions. See:

0. Create subdirectories EN, PL, etc. (Commands > Create Directory)
1. Select desired files at once, it means all EN,PL,XX files at once.
2. start Renamer (Plugins > Renamer > Batch Rename)
3. Turn on `Rename Relative Path' in `Options' menu.
4. Turn on `Regular expression' check box.
5. In `Search for' write: (.*)_(..)(\..*?)$
6. In `Replace with' write: $2\$1$3
7. Press `Rename'.

Thats all.

To explain the regular expression. All terms in round brackets are saved in internal variables accesed by $1,$2... from the `Replace with'. The numbers are given by order in the regular expression.

.* stands for any string (. dot is any char, * means any repetetition of previous term)
_ stands for _
.. stand for right two characters, each dot for one
\. stands for .
*? stands for nongreedy repetition
$ stands for end of string