FileBot

Hi,

I'd like to extract a specific folder name within {folder} that will always be one of 3 names, how would I go about doing it?

For example, if {folder} gives me:
`~/Downloads/example1/Movies/<name of movie>`

and the part I want is always one of `example1`, `example2`, `example3`, how can I extract that?

I would want the final filename to contain `[example1]`.

Thanks,
James.

OK, got it.

`f.path.match()`

I was trying `f.match()` not realising that `path` had to be used.

f.path will give you the entire file path.

folder.path will give you the folder path.

folder.name will give you the folder name.

You can do f.dir.name, f.dir.dir.name, f[0] , f[-2], etc to get individual path components.

thanks!

I couldn't find any reference to the `.path` element - where can I learn more about this and any others like it?

FileBot Groovy Expression Reference Documentation would be the entrance to the rabbit hole.


f.path is Groovy syntax for calling the File.getPath() function.

awesome - thanks!

I like rabbit holes!

could you expand a little on `f[-2]` - I can't seem to get that to work

File.getAt() will give you the n-th path component. f[-2] is Groovy syntax for calling that method. -2 means 2nd element counting from the end. f[-2] is thus the same as f.dir.name and folder.name.