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PowerRename wasn't able to match files with more than one underscore in their name #28575

Closed mpec-vrtalbot closed 1 year ago

mpec-vrtalbot commented 1 year ago

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.72.0

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Running as admin

None

Area(s) with issue?

PowerRename

Steps to reproduce

This morning I tried to rename several files which had the prefix "cepac_run_Neg1WM" in them and different file extensions. I was not using Regular Expressions. I was surprised that PowerRename could not match "cepac_run_Neg1WM." Eventually I figured out that I could rename the files in two stages: first by matching "_Neg1WM" and then by matching "cepac_run." However this took some time for me to figure out and I'm not sure what was going on. Also, I noticed you have a series of "case" formatting settings but none allow users to use camelCase (alternate lower and upper case) or to preserve the original case.

✔️ Expected Behavior

I was expecting my filenames, which contained two underscores but no spaces, to be matched correctly

❌ Actual Behavior

I had to break the filenames in half so that there was only one underscore in each substring in order to get matches and rename my files. See screenshots below.

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kszytko commented 1 year ago

@mpec-vrtalbot In your filename you have a space before second underscore. So it's working corectly. You need to search for cepac_run _ instead.

mpec-vrtalbot commented 1 year ago

You are right, I'm sorry for bothering you - it's easier to see in the example I replicated for you, but in the original version the white space was very hard to see. Thanks for your prompt response, and for the great PowerRename tool.