Does anyone have a good regex expression to replace any invalid filename
characters in a string? Those characters are:
/, \, :, *, ?, ", <, >, |
I have it right now with string.replace for each individual character,
but would like to do it all in one step if possible. Here's what I have
now:
title = title.Replace("?", "");
title = title.Replace(":", "");
title = title.Replace("\\", "");
title = title.Replace("/", "");
title = title.Replace("*", "");
title = title.Replace("\"", "");
title = title.Replace("<", "");
title = title.Replace(">", "");
title = title.Replace("|", "");
newFileName += title + targetFile.Extension;
targetFile.MoveTo(newFileName);
Thanks!
Greg
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GregMa <gr****@spamhole.com> wrote in
news:MP************************@msnews.microsoft.c om: Does anyone have a good regex expression to replace any invalid
filename characters in a string? Those characters are:
/, \, :, *, ?, ", <, >, |
I have it right now with string.replace for each individual
character, but would like to do it all in one step if possible.
Here's what I have now:
title = title.Replace("?", "");
title = title.Replace(":", "");
title = title.Replace("\\", "");
title = title.Replace("/", "");
title = title.Replace("*", "");
title = title.Replace("\"", "");
title = title.Replace("<", "");
title = title.Replace(">", "");
title = title.Replace("|", "");
newFileName += title + targetFile.Extension;
targetFile.MoveTo(newFileName);
Greg,
Something like this should work:
newFileName = Regex.Replace(title, @"[?:\/*""<>|]", "");
Hope this helps.
Chris.
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In article <Xn**********************************@207.46.248.1 6>, crtimmons@X_NOSPAM_Xcrtimmonsinc.com says... GregMa <gr****@spamhole.com> wrote in
news:MP************************@msnews.microsoft.c om:
Does anyone have a good regex expression to replace any invalid
filename characters in a string? Those characters are:
/, \, :, *, ?, ", <, >, |
Greg,
Something like this should work:
newFileName = Regex.Replace(title, @"[?:\/*""<>|]", "");
Hope this helps.
Worked like a charm, Thanks! I had an extra ^ at the beginning, that's
why my attempt didn't work. Many thanks!
Greg
Chris R. Timmons wrote: GregMa <gr****@spamhole.com> wrote in
news:MP************************@msnews.microsoft.c om:
Does anyone have a good regex expression to replace any invalid
filename characters in a string? Those characters are:
/, \, :, *, ?, ", <, >, |
I have it right now with string.replace for each individual
character, but would like to do it all in one step if possible.
Here's what I have now:
title = title.Replace("?", "");
<snip>
Something like this should work:
newFileName = Regex.Replace(title, @"[?:\/*""<>|]", "");
Or possibly use the String.Trim function instead which can trim off a
list of chars. ... Regex may be a bit of overkill in this instance.
I'd also make sure you don't miss anything by using the InvalidPathChars
property of
the Path class. Some strange characters can find their way into names like
backspaces,
nulls, etc...
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DigiTec Web Consultants, LLC.
Blog: http://weblogs.asp.net/justin_rogers
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news:c2**********@otis.netspace.net.au... Chris R. Timmons wrote: GregMa <gr****@spamhole.com> wrote in
news:MP************************@msnews.microsoft.c om:
Does anyone have a good regex expression to replace any invalid
filename characters in a string? Those characters are:
/, \, :, *, ?, ", <, >, |
I have it right now with string.replace for each individual
character, but would like to do it all in one step if possible.
Here's what I have now:
title = title.Replace("?", "");
<snip>
Something like this should work:
newFileName = Regex.Replace(title, @"[?:\/*""<>|]", "");
Or possibly use the String.Trim function instead which can trim off a
list of chars. ... Regex may be a bit of overkill in this instance. This thread has been closed and replies have been disabled. Please start a new discussion. Similar topics
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