Adding hyphens to a rename

[davidgordon]

I'd like to rename some files to a client's spec

{headline}-{seqn}

but I have multi word headlines and need hyphens rather than spaces.

So a file with the headline "An Important Event" needs to be renamed "An-Important-Event-01.jpg"

I can see how to do this after renaming the file (using Find and Replace) but I want to skip the extra step (and do the renaming as part of the FTP transmission).

Is this possible?

[alexmacnaughton]

Hi,  you can use the Variable Substring Extraction, Find and Replace command to achieve this

you would write it like this {headline::tr: /-}-{seqn} this would replace the spaces with hyphens

[davidgordon]

you would write it like this {headline::tr: /-}-{seqn} this would replace the spaces with hyphens

Brilliant, thanks Alex, that works exactly as I need. Saved in my rename list!

Cheers!

[alexmacnaughton]

Glad to help

[davidgordon]

For reference, the support pages explain how Variable Substring Extraction works. https://docs.camerabits.com/support/solutions/articles/48001252635-variable-substring-extraction
As usual, I'm constantly learning there's a lot more the PM!