I've tried to tweak a lot of the code provided to similar questions, but I don't think the solution is posted. My problem is that the part from where I want to remove the rest exists 2 times before the last!
What I have is a folder with:
number1-number2-number3 - some random text about the file.filetype
number1 will range from 01 to 99
number2 will range from 1-99999
number3 will range from 1-999 with the possibility of 2 decimals, separated from whole number by .
Example folder c:\temp\
:
15-1592-1 - file 1.doc
15-1592-2 - this is file2.pdf
15-1592-3 - this cointains subfiles.html
15-1592-3.1 - sub1.jpg
15-1592-3.2 - sub2.pdf
What I need is a folder where everything after the end of number3 is removed from the filename, but also the file type unaltered.
Example:
15-1592-1.doc
15-1592-2.pdf
15-1592-3.html
15-1592-3.1.jpg
I understand this is quiet possible from reading all the answers combined.
What I lack is the knowledge to compile it all!
its' a little bit tricky to extract the decimal part (if present), but this should do the job (may need some token adjustment to fit your needs)
You want to delete everything after the first space (without the extension)
This is quite easy, if you use modifiers (see
for /?
):