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I have a bill for which I use Date Match to Rename the file. The bill scans differently from one scan to the other. I am attempting to use a "nested if" to capture the date match. So, if any of the conditions ("- 'DateMatch'" or "-'DateMatch'") occur, I will get a successful match. (Note that the difference is the presence or absence of a space after the "-"). That part works great. The problem comes when I want to use the DateMatch token in renaming the file. I tried to name the tokens the same thing, but Hazel appends a "1" on the first one and a "2" on the second one. I wanted to name it the same so that I could use the token in the rename. When I attempt to use the token, the rename action gets filled in with "hazelcustomtoken<DateMatch token>" and at the bottom, the token name is presented as "<DateMatch token name> 1 <DateMatch token name> 2".

I hope you can follow that.

In any case, a successful preview of the rule against the file shows me that it works, but the file doesn't get renamed or moved.

Can you help me out here.

If you want to re-use a date attribute, then drag it into the pattern. Don't try and name it using an existing name.