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I'm running into a problem in that some filenames have a premature dash (-) resulting in too much information being trimmed. Is there a way to dictate removing the last 14 characters of the file? This would avoid any over trimming of filenames with an early dash (-)

Frank
– Frank

2017-03-12 13:06:41 +00:00
Commented Mar 12, 2017 at 13:06
@Frank in that case, you need another way to distinguish the part you do want from the part you don't. Is the part you want to trim always the first number, or the first number of a specific length?

Zanna
– Zanna

2017-03-12 13:08:36 +00:00
Commented Mar 12, 2017 at 13:08
Every file has a 14 character suffix.

Frank
– Frank

2017-03-12 13:10:28 +00:00
Commented Mar 12, 2017 at 13:10
@Frank answer edited

Zanna
– Zanna

2017-03-12 13:11:58 +00:00
Commented Mar 12, 2017 at 13:11
some file-170227-222746.png - so every file ends with 14 characters prior to the .png - if there were a command to remove exactly 14 characters (the -170227-222746 section) from the end of the file not counting the .png that would work flawlessly. To result in - some file.png

Frank
– Frank

2017-03-12 13:16:28 +00:00
Commented Mar 12, 2017 at 13:16

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