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Regex to remove file name from path
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2023 7:33 am
by horst.epp
How can I remove the file name from a complete file path.
The result should be the folder name.
Example:
A:\music\1966\The Who Sings My Generation\1. Out In The Street.mp3
to
A:\music\1966\The Who Sings My Generation\
Re: Regex to remove file name from path
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2023 8:22 am
by void
You can use regex to match a pattern, not remove the name from a path.
Where are you using this regex search?
Everything has the
preprocessor to remove the name part:
[pathpart:"A:\music\1966\The Who Sings My Generation\1. Out In The Street.mp3"]
[path-path:]
Re: Regex to remove file name from path
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2023 8:23 am
by horst.epp
Found it using KI
Regex is
[^\\]*$
Usage is to use playlists as base for manipulating dirs in Total Commander.
Not my job, but some user asked for help.
I will remember path-part
Re: Regex to remove file name from path
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2023 3:07 pm
by therube
Vim:
s/\(.*\\\).*/\1/
match anything up to the final \ (greedy)
-> .*\\
match everything else
-> .*
keep anything up to the final \
-> \1
(the "extra" \ are only there as ESC's)
playlists
(A long while back) I created a playlist & forgot to not include dirnames.
As it is my player, when hit with a direname, attempts to play all the files within that directory.
So the playlist itself listed file & directory names, & the player on hitting the directory, would then also play the files within, duplicating the already listed file names in the playlist itself.
Re: Regex to remove file name from path
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2023 4:45 pm
by horst.epp
therube wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 3:07 pm
Vim:
s/\(.*\\\).*/\1/
I find my version much simpler
Also, this Vim syntax doesn't work with any popular Windows Editor.
Tested with
AkelPad, Notepad++, PSPad