Need help renaming part of a file

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Need help renaming part of a file Tue Aug 29, 2017 12:07 pm • by macanabbadh
Hello,

I have searched the forum and the web for help on this and can't find it.

I have a rule which moves newly created files from one folder to another. But the files all start with 001_##, 002_##.... etc. I'd like to remove this numbering from the start of the file names as part of the rule.

I seem to be seeing advice about match patterns or something but can't find anything which would help me in my specific query.

Thanks

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Re: Need help renaming part of a file Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:42 am • by Mr_Noodle
Yes, you would use match patterns for this. Set up a match pattern with a custom attribute matching the part of the name you want to keep. You can then use that custom attribute by itself in a rename pattern. Give that a shot and post back here if you run into specific problems.
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