umx_rename_file: Rename files

In umx: Structural Equation Modeling and Twin Modeling in R

Rename files

Description

Rename files. On OS X, the function can access the current front-most Finder window. The file renaming is fast and, because you can use regular expressions too change names.

Usage

umx_rename_file(
  findStr = "old",
  replaceStr = NA,
  baseFolder = "Finder",
  test = TRUE,
  ignoreSuffix = TRUE,
  listPattern = NULL,
  overwrite = FALSE
)

Arguments

findStr	The pattern to find, i.e., "cats"
replaceStr	The replacement pattern "\1 are not dogs"
baseFolder	Folder to search in. Default ("Finder") will use the current front-most Finder window (on MacOS). Set to NA for a "choose folder" dialog.
test	Boolean determining whether to change files on disk, or just report on what would have happened (Defaults to test = TRUE)
ignoreSuffix	Whether to ignore (don't search in) the suffix (file-type like .mpg) TRUE.
listPattern	A pre-filter for files
overwrite	Boolean determining if an existing file will be overwritten (Defaults to the safe FALSE)

Value

None

See Also

Other File Functions: dl_from_dropbox(), umx_file_load_pseudo(), umx_make_sql_from_excel(), umx_move_file(), umx_open(), umx_write_to_clipboard(), umx

Examples

## Not run: 
# "Season 01" --> "S01" in current folder in MacOS Finder
umx_rename_file("[Ss]eason +([0-9]+)", replaceStr="S\\1", test = TRUE)

# move date to end of file name
umx_rename_file("^(.*) *([0-9]{2}\\.[0-9]{2}\\.[0-9]+) *(.*)", replaceStr="\\1 \\3 \\2")


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