[kwlug-disc] Regular Expression to Match Movie Titles and Year and Ignore the rest.

[William Park]

Second method is easier.

    echo"Zero.Dark.Thirty.2012.720p.BrRip.x264.BOKUTOX.YIFY.mp4"| while
    IFS=. read -a x; do
    y=
    skip=0
    fori in"${x[@]}";do
    case$iin
                201[0-9])y+="($i)";;
    [0-9]*p)y+="-$i";skip=1;;
                mp4)y+=".$i";;
                *)if [[skip-eq0]]; theny+="${y:+}$i"; fi ;;
    esac
    done
    echo"y={$y}"
    done

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On 2025-01-01 03:52, William Park via kwlug-disc wrote:
> From the top of my head,
>     - cut the string on ".2012.720p."
>     - change "Zero.Dark.Thirty" to "Zero Dark Thirty "
>     - change ".2012.720p." to "(2012-720p)"
>     - change "BrRip.x264.BOKUTOX.YIFY.mp4" to ".mp4"
>
> Or,
>     - cut the string on "." (period)
>     - loop through the substrings, and search for "2012" and/or "720p"
>     - reassemble parts
> -- 
> William
>
>
> On 2024-12-31 11:22, John Driezen wrote:
>> Can anyone give me a regular expression to turn the following filename
>>
>>  "Zero.Dark.Thirty.2012.720p.BrRip.x264.BOKUTOX.YIFY.mp4"
>>
>> into
>>
>> "Zero Dark Thirty (2012)-720p.mp4"
>>
>> 201[0-9] matches the year
>>
>> How do I match the title before the year, and ignore everything after 
>> the ".720p"?
>>
>> John Driezen
>>
>>
>>
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