Question [bug 1525] [Prime US] AS is eating up the series name prefix on some epis

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Secrets of the Universe on Prime/US, series prefix is missing on episodes 1&2 while 3 onward are appropriately prefixed with the series name


Edit: now featuring a much smaller (than 50MB) log file

 

[RedFox 1]

I guess this is one for Pete.

 

[blue2245]

If you have a lot of files you need to add a prefix to there's a program called Bulk Rename Utility it's free and it does what the title says.

 

[dtsig]

I love Bulk Rename Utility ..

 

[0x0x0x0x0]

If you have a lot of files you need to add a prefix to there's a program called Bulk Rename Utility it's free and it does what the title says.

That's good if you need something complicated, but with trivial things you can just:

gci -filter *mp4 | ?{$_.name -notlike "^prefix"} | rename-item -newname {"prefix"+ $_.name} -whatif

always run destructive powershell commands with -whatif first

 

[RedFox 1]

Don't worry 007, we will get to it, you have my word.

 

[0x0x0x0x0]

Don't worry 007, we will get to it, you have my word.

I see what you meant, I know you will

but for the adventurous:-

Taking all the "fun and adventure" of mindlessly looking through the manuals in frustration attempting to figure out what each thing does eventually to have that satisfying "AHA!" moment! (Do I sound like Sheldon Cooper there?!)

Alright, alright, I'll give you some hints:-

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/get-childitem?view=powershell-7.3
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/where-object?view=powershell-7.3
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_comparison_operators?view=powershell-7.3
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/rename-item?view=powershell-7.3
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_pipelines?view=powershell-7.3
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/learn/ps101/04-pipelines?view=powershell-7.3

 

[cartman0208]

This one gives a better result for me

gci -filter *mp4 | ?{$_.name -notlike "prefix*"} | rename-item -newname {"prefix"+ $_.name} -whatif

 

[0x0x0x0x0]

This one gives a better result for me

gci -filter *mp4 | ?{$_.name -notlike "prefix*"} | rename-item -newname {"prefix"+ $_.name} -whatif

Yup, that's the danger of writing one-liners at 2am! In my one-liner, -notlike should really be -notmatch (you do want to anchor prefix at the start of the string), yours is correct too, of course