[SOLVED] CLI renaming problem in v4.0

[minimeh]

I have a formatting string that I have used with the CLI with v3.x that now is not with v4.0. Yet, when I plug the format string into the GUI, it works as intended.

Given the file name:

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The.Daily.Show.with.Jon.Stewart.2013.08.12.Sen.Rand.Paul.720p.HDTV.x264-LMAO.mkv

The following command

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filebot -rename -non-strict --db tvrage "Z:\Media\dailycolbert\test\The Daily Show\The.Daily.Show.with.Jon.Stewart.2013.08.12.Sen.Rand.Paul.720p.HDTV.x264-LMAO.mkv" --format "{n.upperInitial().space('.')}.{airdate.format("yyy.MM.dd")}-{t}"

returns

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The.Daily.Show.With.Jon.Stewart.-Rand Paul.mkv

However in the GUI, if I change the format string to

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{n.upperInitial().space('.')}.{airdate.format("yyy.MM.dd")}-{t}

the file name returned is what is intended:

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The.Daily.Show.With.Jon.Stewart.2013.08.12-Sen. Rand Paul.mkv

Is this a bug?

Thanks.

[rednoah]

It's a bug in your cmdline call alright.

Read the FAQ. There's an entry specifically for people who need to learn how to correctly pass cmdline arguments and cmdline escaping.

[minimeh]

Oh, that. Right. Oops.

For those who wonder, in a DOS command line, the quotes in the format argument need to be escaped so that they will be passed on to FileBot, thusly:

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filebot -rename -non-strict --db tvrage "Z:\Media\dailycolbert\test\The Daily Show\The.Daily.Show.with.Jon.Stewart.2013.08.12.Sen.Rand.Paul.720p.HDTV.x264-LMAO.mkv" --format \"{n.upperInitial().space('.')}.{airdate.format(\"yyy.MM.dd\")}-{t}\"

In my defense, it is a command line that I pass using python, not directly from the console Here I was just doing a quick and dirty test without running the python script.

Thanks rednoah and sorry for the bother.

[rednoah]

The leading/trailing quotes don't need to be escaped though. I think in this case it only works cause it's the last argument.

I'd just write it like this, using single quotes:

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filebot -rename -non-strict --db tvrage "Z:\Media\dailycolbert\test\The Daily Show\The.Daily.Show.with.Jon.Stewart.2013.08.12.Sen.Rand.Paul.720p.HDTV.x264-LMAO.mkv" --format "{n.upperInitial().space('.')}.{airdate.format('yyy.MM.dd')}-{t}"

Of course you can ignore all that if you pass in arguments String Array with proper languages.

[minimeh]

All good to know in case of future quick and dirty tests! (Unless of course I forget again)