Yokemate of Keyboards
Posts: 2119 from 2003/2/24
From: po-RNO
Quote:NewSense wrote:
@
jPV - That is handy

. . . but when did the
asterisk (*) have the
gaul to become an "Amiga" wildcard !

As Ambient is highly inspired by DOpus5, this feature is also copied directly from it. I guess DOpus5 developers didn't want to have too complex rename patterns, and to keep things a bit simplier they chose this dummy wildcard from other platforms instead of the more versatile wildcard solution from Amiga.
Here's what DOpus5.guide tells:
A limited type of wildcard rename is possible. Entering an '*' in the
bottom field allows you to add prefixes or suffixes. For instance, entering
'*.pic' will add a '.pic' suffix to all selected entries. Entering 'A*'
will add an A prefix. Only one '*' may be used in this process.
You cannot give a file a name that contains a '*'.
If you enter an '*' in the top as well as the bottom field, you can replace
sections of the name. For example, entering '*.pic' in the top Field and
'*.iff' in the bottom Field will replace the '.pic' suffix in that entry
that has one with a '.iff' suffix. If an entry does not have a '.pic'
suffix, it will be left untouched. The * may also be embedded. For
instance, renaming 'FOO*BAZ' as 'GEE*WIZ' would rename 'FOOBARBAZ' to
'GEEBARWIZ'. Again, only one '*' may be used in each of the string fields.
Quote:
If you want, at a later time/date, to remove the prefix or the suffix, can this be achieved as easily using Rename?
Yes!