Compare filenames without extension

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Hi Guys,

After converting video files I would like to be able to hit a button and compare filenames (without their extensions) between source and destinationin a dual display Dopus. I have played about with compare and sycronise but non of the commands and/or options seem to do what I want.

Any help would be muck apprciated.

Thanks in advance

Ceek2007

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I'm afraid I do not understand what you are trying to do. However if you would like to select all files that have the same names as the selected files regardless of their extensions, you could try the following button code.

@nodeselect Select PATTERN "{file$|noext}.*"

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Hi JohnZeman

Thanks for the reply and sorry for not making things clear.

Here's what I'm trying to do. The "source" of my dual display DOopus has a large quantity of video files. and the "destination" contains converted video files. The main problem is that due to the processor intensive nature of video conversion I can only convert batches of files at a time because I need to use the computer for othjer things.

So, basically I would like to select the files in the destination and hit a button that will highlight and all the files that haven't been converted in the source window.

Does that explain things any better?

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It's a little clearer ceek but I have an exceptionally thick skull so I'm still not quite understanding what you want. Do the converted video files have the exact same names as the originals? Or do they have the same names but with different file extensions? Or do they have different names altogether? If it's the latter then I'd consider putting the converted files in a subfolder that has the same name as the original video file.

FYI I will be unavailable until Saturday morning. I just got back from a 3 week road trip, however tomorrow I'm just making a run across the state (and no, this time I'm not running moonshine. lol)

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I suspect what you want is this....

Select ALL
Select SOURCETODEST DESELECTNOMATCH
Select DESTTOSOURCE DESELECTNOMATCH
Select INVERT

and if you wanted to select all matching files, just drop off the Select INVERT.

Regards, AB

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Hi AB

Thanks for the reply and an even bigger thanks for the code.

The code is "almost" there but not quite. When invoked it seems to select files regardless of their file type. I was looking for code that would highlight the the source files 3 and 5 in the following example:

lasierrezuela.com/DOpus.jpg

Thanks for your time

Ceek2007