Matching multiple name patterns to use for rename

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I am trying to match TV episodes and renaming them. It works well when I have one "file name input pattern" ([Show.name].S[Season number]E[Episode number].Episode.name.avi) which is then used for the renaming to Plex standard ([Show name] - s[Season number]e[Episode number]) and moving the file into the correct directory structure. But I would like to have multiple match schemes where the same pattern "variables" can be used in the rename rule. Right now if I add another "file name input pattern", for instance if I want Hazel to also match files with the Plex standard, I can't use the same variables as the other pattern. I would like to be able to just drag the same [Show name] variable to all the "file name input patterns" and the rename action would use that. Right now if I create another [Show name], it will a duplicate, which obviously doesn't work.

Is there another way of doing this?
rutinerad
 
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Here's a screenshot for clarity:

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I am trying to add another "Name matches" which should also use the same [Show name] variable that is used in "Sort into subfolder". But I only manage to create a duplicate which then cannot be used in "Sort into subfolder".
rutinerad
 
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You can't re-use the custom tokens within conditions at the moment. There's another thread where I discuss this but it comes down to that there are several ways to do it and there are odd edge cases like if multiple conditions match but put different values into that token, which value is the one that is used?

For the time being, though, you'll have to create new tokens for each case.
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