I would like the ask the community on how to remove X(or N, whichever works) amount of ANY TYPE OF characters from a filename From the left side and then the expression that removes characters from the right side of the filename I prefer to use the action: Replace with Regular Expression Field: …

Hi and welcome :slight_smile: Not sure if I understand everything, but you can try the converter "Tag - Filename" with $cutLeft(%_filename%,3) to remove 3 characters from the left and $cutRight(%_filename%,3) to remove 3 characters from the right. You can also combine the two with $cutRight($…

Added the $cutLeft(%_filename%,3) expression in Regular Expression and did nothing.... Is there a way to save it as an action? Tag - Filename, found it, it did work!!! (YEAH) but if you dont mind, is there a way to create it as an action?

Not sure why you're insisting in using a regular expression for that? :smiley: If there is a specific reason, please elaborate. If you want to use my suggestion inside an action, just use a "Format value" action for _FILENAME using the format strings I've mentioned above.

That did it! Never used it that way before, and having the action saved is a major help Thank you so much! Solved. :slight_smile:

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Removing a certain number of characters from left or right of Filename using Replace with Regular Expression

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