Deleting empty spaces at beginning of file names?

[Flourgrader]

Hi All,
I have a huge bunch of files in one single folder.
They are all mp3 files.
A few hundred of them have an empty space before the file name.
So as an example:
Abba - Money, Money, Money.mp3
There would be a space before Abba.
Is there a way to List every single file that meets these criteria?
then delete the empty spaces.
Thank You.

[therube]

regex:^\s

, says to find file (or directory) names that start with a space \s.


Once found, select the ones you want to rename, Shift+F2, then in the New Format: box of the dialog, simply remove the opening space in the New Format: box.

(Then hit, OK.)


Start small, experiment, understand just what is going on.
There isn't a whole lot in the way of "safety checks", so an inadvertent <CR>...

(Though Everything 1.5alpha does have some Undo (Ctrl+Z & Ctrl+Shift+Z) actions.)


(You can extend the above to one or more spaces, with:

regex:^\s+

.)

[NotNull]

or:

Code: Select all

startwith:" "

[raccoon]

I'm not certain Shift+F2 is bound to Advanced Rename by default. If not, go to Edit -> Advanced -> Advanced Rename.

If it is the default now, sorry.

[void]

I will add Shift+F2 as the default shortcut for the Advanced Renamer.

shorthand search to find files starting with a space:

^:" "

^: = match start of filename.
" " = match a literal space.

-or-

" *"

[Flourgrader]

Thank you All, for your reply's and advice...