2_Examples for multirename

Examples for Multirename

Simple replacements/ substitutions:

Example:

Delete all spaces in filenames and replace it with an underscore and remove the word "this" if it exists:

multirename --path 'YOUR_PATH' \
    --fileextensions '*' \
    --substitutions ' =_;this' \
    --keepcopy  \
    --test

or:
multirename --path 'YOUR_PATH' -e '*' -s ' =_;this' --keepcopy --test

Beautifing hyphen, comma and colon?

Your substitution could look like:

--substitutions '-=_-_;,=_-_;:=_-_'

Show a saved configuration:

multirename --from-config 'YOUR_PATH' --show-config --test

Use a saved configuration

Use a saved configuration but test befor, then execute it and save the configuration again (YOUR_PATH belongs to the path where your file are):

multirename --from-config 'YOUR_PATH' --test

multirename --from-config 'YOUR_PATH' --set-config

As you can see, using --test is always a good option to avoid problems!

For the vdr project this can help:

Example 1:

Check the difference in simple recordings and series recordings in vdr. The following example is for simple recordings! You may split your recordings in sub-folders like "movies" and "series". Change request for vdradmin-am already exists: http://projects.vdr-developer.org/issues/2137)

multirename --path 'YOUR_RECORDING_PATH_FOR_MOVIES' \
    --fileextensions ts;m2t;mpg;mpeg; \
    --substitutions ' =_;#3A=_-_;:_=_-_;regex:/^(\d{5}|info|marks)$/i=../%path2%_-_$1;_-_marks=.marks;_-_info=.nfo' \
    --keepcopy  \
    --recursive \
    --sub-paths \
    --test

Would do e.g.:

old: 00001.ts
new: ../True_Grit.ts
old: marks
new: ../True_Grit.marks
old: info
new: ../True_Grit.nfo

The default pattern for vdr recordings and maybe created mpg's 00001.ts.mpg:

regex:/^(\d{5}|\d{5}\.ts|info|marks)$/i

Example 2:

This example is for my series. When recording i use different subfolders like: Movie, Series, Doc, DocSeries so i can run multirename automatically without much attention. At the end of the substitutions parameter you find some specific words for german television i dont want to have.:

multirename --path 'YOUR_PATH_TO_SERIES' \
    --fileextensions 'ts;m2t;mpg;mpeg' \
    --substitutions ' =_;#3A=_-_;:_=_-_;regex:/^(\d{5}|info|marks)$/i=../../%path3%_-_%path1%_-_%path2%_-_$1;regex:/(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})(.*.rec)(.*)/i=$1$3;_-_marks=.marks;_-_info=.nfo;regex:/(.*)(,(_Science-Fiction|_Action|_Drama),_USA_\d)(.*)/=$1;,_Scienc_=_;,_Magazin,_D;Thema_u._a._-_=ua_;,_Mag_-_=_-_;,_Magazin,;,_Magazi;,_Mag;,_Wissensmagazin,_D;_u._a.:_=_ua_' \
    --keepcopy  \
    --recursive \
    --sub-paths \
    --test

Would do e.g. (in real i just create relative symlinks --link 'soft;rel' and don't rename the files!):

old: 00001.ts ...TO:
new. ../../The_Flash_-_2015-03-31_-_Der_Mann_in_Gelb_-_00001.ts

old: marks ...TO:
new: ../../The_Flash_-_2015-03-31_-_Der_Mann_in_Gelb.marks

old: info ...TO:
new: ../../The_Flash_-_2015-03-31_-_Der_Mann_in_Gelb.nfo

Synology DTV TV recordings:

multirename --path 'YOUR-SYNO-RECORDING-PATH' \
    -e "ts;m2t;mpg;mpeg"
    -s 'regex:/^(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}_\d{4})?(.*)/i=$2_-_$1;regex:/(_.{1,20}_)+(.*?)(_-_\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}_\d{4})$/i=$2$3;regex:/(_-_)$/i; =_' \
    --sub-paths \
    --history \
    --test