Smart rule to change file name

[Yuv]

Hello everyone,

When I add a file to the database via the sorter, it gets a name convention which I’d like to change with a smart rule.

the file convention is like this: United States - Wikipedia
I want the smart rule to delete the “- Wikipedia” part and leave the rest.

How do I do that?

Thank you all

[cgrunenberg]

@Yuv

• Wikipedia

A smart rule like this should work, it’s not necessary anymore to use scripts:

[Yuv]

Thank you, @cgrunenberg.

The smart rule works for English names, but most of my files have Hebrew names. When I try to imply your rule to a Hebrew name, it doesn’t work for some reason.

I’m sure I do something wrong here.

[cgrunenberg]

The conditions are probably not correct. Here’s a generic example:

[Yuv]

Do you think it’s got to do with mix direction (RTL and LTR)?

[cgrunenberg]

No, your conditions look for a Hebrew suffix but your actions expect a Hebrew prefix.

[Yuv]

I try to change the rule to this

But it does not work
I can’t fix it. please help

[Blanc]

Three things:

• could you please post an example of a (complete) Hebrew file name you are expecting the rule to work on (as text, rather than as an image, please).
• I would suggest a step-by-step approach; initially set the rule up to work only on your Hebrew suffix.
• Your rule is currently set up to run on any document (Any of the following are true: Kind is any Document); check the differences between Criss’ generic rule and yours.

Also, your rule (if it were set up correctly) would run on “suffix” but then you scan for " - suffix"; it would make sense for both terms (i.e. the rule criteria and the action) to be the same.

[Yuv]

Thank you, @Blanc, for your response.

1. text files are not allowed to be uploaded here.
   

   

2. I tried to set the rule to work for Hebrew file names only, and still no luck
   

   

[cgrunenberg]

Change the condition Name ends with to Name begins with. Does this work?

[Yuv]

no. this way, the group is not populated at all

[cgrunenberg]

In that case the Scan Name action is probably incorrect, instead of * whatever - try * - whatever.

[Yuv]

Still no

[Blanc]

@Yuv

text files are not allowed to be uploaded here.

Sure, but please simply post the name of a file in plain text - I can’t type Hebrew here, and I can’t experiment without an appropriate file name. Simply post the filename so as I can copy & paste.

The “-” between the sections of your filename is not a simple hyphen in your image (it looks like one of those longer hyphens which Word creates); but you are using a simple hyphen in your smart rule. That may be the problem. Possibly try copy&paste the hyphen from the file name to the smart rule.

[Yuv]

file name example
אייזק ניוטון – ויקיפדיה

I tried to change the hyphen with no luck.

[Blanc]

The following rule works for me:

The result is a file called אייזק ניוטון, changed from אייזק ניוטון – ויקיפדיה

As far as I can tell, the text I copied from your post was copied with the RTL attribute, so I would hope it should work for you in the same way it does for me. I copied the hyphen directly from your post to the rule; it is not a standard hyphen, so that is necessary.

[BLUEFROG]

@Yuv

אייזק ניוטון – ויקיפדיה

This is correct, right?

[Blanc]

Beat you to it, Jim

[BLUEFROG]

Yep, I see your results. Just bumping to see if the results are the expected ones

[Blanc]

The OP actually did the right thing initially, but was caught out by the hyphen.