Change the case of a specific character

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i'm just wondering, after reading "regular expression syntax" , if there is a way to automatically change the case of the first letter in a file name like

01 - john is kind

to obtain

01 - John is kind

(where the j of john can be considered as the first letter or as the 6th character, as you want)

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This is a good question. It is no problem using RegEx to select the proper sections of the file name, the problem is changing the text case of the sixth character.

Here is a way I found to do it with a DOpus button.

Rename PATTERN (.....)(.) TO \2\1 REGEXP CASE=firstword
@nodeselect
Rename PATTERN (.)(.....) TO \2\1 REGEXP

The principle is pretty simple. The first RegEx renames the selected file(s) by moving the first 5 characters in the file name, to the end. During the rename the first character in the resulting file name (which was the sixth character) is capitalized. @nodeselect keeps the file selected after renaming is done. Then the second RegEx restores the original name. I did not know if this would work since the sixth character in your example is a space, but it does.

This is not perfect by any means but it seems to do the job.

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very simple john, for sure. i'm going to meditate your idea to understand and test it tonight.
Anyway, even if it does'nt work, i'm sure i'll learn a lot with your "very simple" formula. best regards

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beautiful. it works perfectly. thanks i would'nt have found it by myshelf.