rename and move files to own folder

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Reply to #1:

Hi Sam,

[Note: I'm going to use quotes around phrases below to show spaces; copy the phrases without the quotes if you choose to use this material.]

Break down your changes to separate methods. First remove the "(99+)"; if it's ALWAYS exactly that just use a Remove pattern method thusly:

Pattern: "(99+) "
[Note the space after. Otherwise you get a space at filename start.]

You can generalize this is several ways, using regular expressions. For instance:

Pattern: "^\(\d{1,3}.\)[ \._]"
[Using regular expressions, this means
^ means start of filename
\( matches a paren open
\d{1,3} matches any 1- to 3-digit number
. matches any one character
\) matches paren close
[ \._] matches only a space, period, or underscore after the preceding phrase

Next, the timestamp. Use a Remove pattern method like:

Pattern: " \d\d_\d\d$"
[Make sure to include the space before the timestamp]
Case: unchecked
Use regular expressions: CHECKED
Apply to: Name

[Note 2: I'm not sure how you want to handle multiple files with the same name; just choose a Name collision rule that works for you]

Assuming everything works for you up to this point, you can now move the files to a new folder. Try this script:
//----------------
name = item.newBasename;
pnameLoc = name.indexOf( ' _' ) ;
pname = name.substr( 0, pnameLoc-2 ) ;
item.newPath = item.path + "\\" + pname ;
//----------------

[Hint: it worked for me using your filenames... :) Just make sure there's a space before the underscore in the "indexOf" expression; windows doesn't like spaces at the end of foldernames.]

EDIT: In case I wasn't clear, you just need to use two "Remove pattern" methods followed by a "Script" method, all in one batch. Also, the batch mode above the ARen menu needs to remain "Rename", NOT copy or move.
END EDIT

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Reply to #3:

I apologize, when creating the message above I managed to insert my original try at the script instead of the one where I removed the "-2" (which as you discovered chops off two characters in the foldername). This is what I meant to insert:

name = item.newBasename;
pnameLoc = name.indexOf( ' _' ) ;
pname = name.substr( 0, pnameLoc ) ;
item.newPath = item.path + pname ;

EDIT

Best,
DF

Reply to #4:

The script won't work if there's no <space><underscore> in the filename, so "all emojis" would generate a zero-length pname var (so the path stays the same). For some reason cloudflare is blocking me from adding a fix for that, so just add an if statement that checks if the new var pname is zero-length; if it is use some OTHER method to create the new foldername part.

Good luck!
DF

Reply to #5:

It's several hours later; I'm going to see if Cloudflare will let me post an example fix for the "all emoji" problem. If I understand the problem correctly. :)

This version checks to see if pname.length is zero. If yes, it measures the length of name; if over 10 it uses the first 10 characters as foldername, otherwise it uses the full name as foldername.

// --------------
name = item.newBasename;
pnameLoc = name.indexOf( ' _' ) ;
pname = name.substr( 0, pnameLoc ) ;
if ( pname.length == 0 ) {
nameLen = name.length ;
if ( nameLen >= 10 ) {
pname = name.substr( 0, 10 ) ;
} else {
pname = name ;
}
}
item.newPath = item.path + pname ;
// --------------

I hope this does approximately what you want, and I also hope Cloudflare doesn't kick me to the curb again!

Best,
DF