Hi Barry,

I use the following action to rename support files within an album folder

Version 0.2 - Rename .cue / .log / .xml / .accurip support files in format: Album Artist - Album Name.ext↵

# Constrain Execution to a Single File
Set named variable 'support_ext' to "cue, log, xml, accurip"
Set named variable 'support_name' to empty

Set named variable 'album_artist-album' to "\[Album Artist] - \[Album]"
Replace "·[Mono]" in named variable 'album_artist-album' with ""
Replace ":", match characters in named variable 'album_artist-album' with "-"

Contents of Folder "\!Path to Folder!" (Files filtered by '\<support_ext>') to named variable 'files'
Count Items in named variable 'files' string delimiter "⏎" save in named variable 'count', set state on == 0
if true
    Prompt Critical Alert [cancels] "<m>There are no <s>\<support_ext></s> files in folder:↵…"
endif
# Copy named variable 'path' to Variable 0
Repeat With named variable 'old_name' for the list in named variable 'files' (As found) string delimiter "\~" Run inline action 'rename support files'

Start rename support files
Find all matches for regular expression "(?m)^((?!\\<support_name>).*)(\.)(?i)(cue|log|xml|accurip)" in named variable 'old_name', replace with "\<album_artist-album>\.$L3" to named variable 'new_name', custom escaping
Exit if false
Move non audio files '\<old_name>:\<new_name>' using retained paths

All works fine until I get an album with <Disc #> subfolders. Although I think I may have tasked you with a similar issue in the past, I can't seem to get my head around making bits of code work properly. What I'd like to achieve is to extend the code so that if <Disc #>, then rename the support files in each subfolder, appending " (Disc #)" to the variable 'album_artist-album'.

Your help greatly appreciated!

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Andy

There were a number of issues.

- the action assumed that only a single folder was loaded
- the action did not check for consistent Album and Album Artist metadata
- the action did not check if there was more than one support file with the same extension in a folder

These issues may have been irrelevant depending on your files and workflow. Regardless, I've fixed them.

Download https://2manyrobots.com/actions/GV-Rename-Support-Files.zip

I've documented the action ... somewhat. The regex you used referenced 'support_name' which was never set. I'm no longer using the regex. It was easier to use lists and do all the renaming on a single statement rather than looping.

I've bumped the version number to 0.3

Let me know if I've missed anything.

Oops sorry about Disk and Disc. My brain is getting muddled. Disk 🙁 ... Disc 🙂

If you're writing your own actions ... you're doing great. The actions should reflect your workflow as yours did.

I've uploaded v0.4 to:

https://2manyrobots.com/actions/Rename-Support-Files.zip

It seems okay to me. Let me know.

Are you sure that you have v0.4?

LOL. Conceptual issue on my part. I'm looking at the folders of the loaded files and looking for subfolders named Disc n.

You're loading files in the Disc folders which are named Disc n. I'll change it to operate for your workflow.