Regex to Remove Everything After a Given 1st Character?

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1

In advanced rename, I tried old name "(.+)( - )(.+)", new name "\1" but this removed the last " - " text not the first. TIA

2

Add ^ to the start to anchor the pattern to the start of the string.

3

I had tried that. If a use old name "^(.+)( - )(.+)", new name "\1" on "Test1 - Test2 - Test3 - test4" I get "Test - Test2 - Test3" while I want "Test1".

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4

Oh actually, you probably want to make the first capture non-greedy. Try ^(.+?)( - )(.+)

5

Thanks!