Sanefile 1.05

Sanefile is a tool to easily and quickly clean and change a large number of filenames. The idea started when I started “ripping” my own CD’s and the filenames were all different and full of errors. When I started getting TV downloads from other sources, the issue became a problem. I had to find an efficient way of changing a large number of filenames. Sanefile was the result. Simple, single-purpose and very efficient at it with total exploitation of Tcl’s rich Regular Expression capabilities. What this tool is NOT: spy-ware, spam-ware, virus or any other crappy stuff. With Sanefile, you can use the full power of regular expressions. For instance, imagine that you want to filter off all files starting with a A. To use the just A would remove from the list all the files with A in it. Not the solution. If you use ^A (Carat and A) it means that it has to match A only at the beginning of the text. More examples: ^text matches "text" in the beginning of the name text$ matches "text" in the END of the filename . matches ANY character [ ] range indicator as in: [a-z] matches ONE letter "a" to "z" [a-zA-Z] matches ONE letter "a" to "z" and "A" to "Z" [0-9] matches ONE digit [^range] (caret) matches if NOT in the range as in: [^0-9] matches if it is NOT a digit * operator for repetition .* matches everything [0-9]* multiple digits [^a-zA-Z0-9]* a bunch of everything BUT a letter or digit escape operator t tab ( when you want to match ( . when you want to match . when you want to match (RARELY DONE! Think why.) () used to group expressions ab* a followed with multiple bs (ab)* multiple ab (different from above!) ^Doors.*([A-Z][0-9]*).*.mp3$ Matches all files starting with Doors, have somewhere in the middle a letter followed by digits and end in ".mp3".

Requirements:	No special requirements
Platforms:	Linux
Keyword:	Desktop Environment,  File Managers,  Large,  Large Number,  Matches,  Not,  Number,  One,  Quickly,  Sanefile,  Text,  Tool,  Want To,  You Want To
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