File: copy, trim and add current date

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Hello,

I am looking for a way to create a button that duplicates a file and then renames that file by replacing the year, month, and day parts.

So when this is the original file: Testfile - dd201005.txt

I would like to have a button that copies the file and renames the new file to: Testfile - dd211123.txt
The dd is a prefix, and the number is in yymmdd format.

When trying to create this, I first copied the file and then started with the rename window. I managed to trim the right part of the file and add the date code at the end. However, it seems I cannot get it to work all the way because the datestamp does not work. I have created a screencast where I show what I do and where things go wrong. Also, I show how the original preset does work.

Is there anyone who can help me to create a script that does the following:

  1. Duplicate a file (Testfile - dd201005.txt → Testfile - dd201005 - Copy.txt)
  2. Trim the final part of the file name; the date code and "- copy" should be removed (Testfile - dd201005 - Copy.txt → Testfile - dd.txt)
  3. Add the current date in the format yymmdd (Testfile - dd.txt → Testfile - dd211123.txt)

Any help or tips is appreciated!

Regards,
Rob

2

So the final goal is to have a copy with the six digits at the end of the name replaced with the current date?

3

Yes, that is what I am aiming for. Do you know how to achieve that with one button?

4

The Copy command can rename files, but it is not as powerful as the Rename command. So we let a script take care of this. The button will work on all selected files.

// https: //resource.dopus.com/t/file-copy-trim-and-add-current-date/39902

function OnClick(clickData) {
    var cmd = clickData.func.command;
    var tab = clickData.func.sourcetab;
    cmd.deselect = false;

    // cmd.RunCommand('Set UTILITY=otherlog');
    // DOpus.ClearOutput();

    var currDate = DOpus.Create().Date().Format('D#yyMMdd');

    for (var e = new Enumerator(tab.selected_files); !e.atEnd(); e.moveNext()) {
        var item = e.item();
        var cmdLine = 'Copy DUPLICATE AS="' + item.name_stem.replace(/\d\d\d\d\d\d$/, currDate) + item.ext + '"';
        // DOpus.Output(cmdLine);
        cmd.RunCommand(cmdLine);
    }
}
Button as XML 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<button backcol="none" display="both" label_pos="right" textcol="none">
	<label>39902</label>
	<icon1>#newcommand</icon1>
	<function type="script">
		<instruction>@script JScript</instruction>
		<instruction>// https: //resource.dopus.com/t/file-copy-trim-and-add-current-date/39902</instruction>
		<instruction />
		<instruction>function OnClick(clickData) {</instruction>
		<instruction>    var cmd = clickData.func.command;</instruction>
		<instruction>    var tab = clickData.func.sourcetab;</instruction>
		<instruction>    cmd.deselect = false;</instruction>
		<instruction />
		<instruction>    // cmd.RunCommand(&apos;Set UTILITY=otherlog&apos;);</instruction>
		<instruction>    // DOpus.ClearOutput();</instruction>
		<instruction />
		<instruction>    var currDate = DOpus.Create().Date().Format(&apos;D#yyMMdd&apos;);</instruction>
		<instruction />
		<instruction>    for (var e = new Enumerator(tab.selected_files); !e.atEnd(); e.moveNext()) {</instruction>
		<instruction>        var item = e.item();</instruction>
		<instruction>        var cmdLine = &apos;Copy DUPLICATE AS=&quot;&apos; + item.name_stem.replace(/\d\d\d\d\d\d$/, currDate) + item.ext + &apos;&quot;&apos;;</instruction>
		<instruction>        // DOpus.Output(cmdLine);</instruction>
		<instruction>        cmd.RunCommand(cmdLine);</instruction>
		<instruction>    }</instruction>
		<instruction>}</instruction>
	</function>
</button>

Please read, if you haven't already:

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Wow, thank you, lxp! This script is really useful to me. I definitively would not have been able to create this.

Kindest regards,
Rob