From: Peter Hickman <peterhickman386@...>
Date: 2011-05-09T22:50:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Regex

I think you mean file.replace(/\d\d\-/,'') rather than file.replace(/dd\-/,'')

/dd\-/ will only match the character 'd' twice followed by a '-'


On 9 May 2011 14:45, flebber <flebber.crue@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am new too using regex on files and I am not quite getting the
> result I expect. The script currently doesn't error but also doesn't
> update the file either.
>
> Trying to remove leading numbers and ' - 'from the start of a filename
> given a directory.
>
> require 'fileutils'
>
> def cleanFiles()
>  dir = 'C:\Users\RenshawFamily\maven\Music\Foo Fighters\Live At
> Wembley Stadium'
>  # add files to array unless a directoy is found
>  myFiles = Array.new << File.split(dir) unless File.file?("")
>  # Todo when files process step into directory and redo.
>  myFiles.each do|file|
>    # remove leading numbers a "-"
>    file.replace(/dd\-/, '')
>    Fileutils.mv(myFile, file)
>  end
> end
>
>