[8.0b3-32] MRT, search for *something (no RegEx!)

[white]

In the Multi-rename tool if the Search string (no RegEx!) begins with "*", nothing is found. This is also the case in (much) older versions of Total Commander. I don't know if I am missing something, but it doesn't seem right.

Example

Open the Multi-rename tool with the following files:

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10filename a
1filename b
2filename c
3filename d
filename e

Objective: remove "<optional text>file" from file name.

Search for: *file
Replace with: <Clear>

Nothing is renamed.



The following does work.

Search for: ?*file
Replace with: <Clear>

All files except "filename e" are renamed (which is correct).

[petermad]

Confirmed - but even in TC 7.65a it works like that too, so I don't understand your. "(much) older".

I would consider this to be a bug since the help file says:

Both fields support the placeholders (wildcards) * and ?. A * stands for any number of characters, a ? for exactly one character.

So wildcard * should be recognized by itself.

[white]

Confirmed - but even in TC 7.65a it works like that too, so I don't understand your. "(much) older".

I meant it has worked that way for a long time. I tested for instance TC 5.50 which behaves the same way.

So wildcard * should be recognized by itself.

It does, but not when it is the first character in the search string.

[ghisler(Author)]

* means all characters until the end. Therefore it makes no sense with just a *, because it would replace the entire name. All files would get the same name, which wouldn't work. But * followed by some characters would make sense - I will check whether I could support that.

[ghisler(Author)]

This should work now in beta 4, please test it!

[white]

Tested OK using TC 8.0b4-32.

[petermad]

Confirmed fixed in TC 8.0b4 x64 and 32bit

[ghisler(Author)]

Thanks!