I am trying to rename a folder full of files (over 300 files) with names in the format:
YYYYMMDD-something-descriptive-goes-here.mp3
to
YYYYMMDD.mp3
All of the batch utilities that I've seen can add text or replace text, but so far I have not found one that will truncate text to a specific length. The ones that do remove text will only remove a set number of characters from either end of the file (beginning or end). In my case, these file names are variable in length, so they don't...
Batch truncating file names
YYYYMMDD-something-descriptive-goes-here.mp3
to
YYYYMMDD.mp3
All of the batch utilities that I've seen can add text or replace text, but so far I have not found one that will truncate text to a specific length. The ones that do remove text will only remove a set number of characters from either end of the file (beginning or end). In my case, these file names are variable in length, so they don't...
Batch truncating file names