Re: [Gprename-users] Help files (or Wiki) for Regexes

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Just tell me where and what text about the regex to add and I'll make a 
new version of GPRename.

If your files starts with a date then it's easy to just add dashes at 
the right place :) If you can make a fix for the $1 regex, all send it 
here and I'll make a new version.


On 2021-05-25 12:21 p.m., Aidan Karley via Gprename-users wrote:
> Having crossed swords repeatedly with the various incarnations of 
> "Regex" in various packages, it would be helpful if the help file (or 
> the SF/Wiki) linked to the relevant instructions for the Regex 
> incarnation being used.
>
> I note the warning about backreferences like "$1" being considered as 
> a Perl variable, so the (large) chunk of Regex interpretation which 
> handles backreferences doesn't work. Subtext : someone in the past has 
> tripped over the "which version of Regex works here" problem.
>
> I've also realised that I've installed gprenamer wrongly, so it won't 
> work for my joe-soap user (message : Failed to load module 
> "canberra-gtk-module"), but does work for a sudo user. That's 
> obviously me having done something wrong, but I haven't worked out 
> what and I do have an adequate work around, so I'll worry about it 
> when I next build a machine.
>
> Wishlist : Ability to read a string of numbers like "20210525" and 
> parse it down to a more-human readable "2021-05-25" (which is an 
> ISO8601 date, obviously - you know, "computer-friendly"). That is why 
> I was looking for TFM of the Regex system. I suspected I'd need the 
> backreferences bits of Regex black magic, but ... no TFM.
>
>
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