name extention replacer

[thehive]

From what i can see i need to strip the this line down

setAttr -type "string" GG_1.fileTextureName "C:/Documents and Settings/thehive2020/Desktop/GG.jpeg";


im guessin i need to define the old name and then a temp name with no ext then a new name with the ext . I could be way off let me know if anything thanks ill keep at it

thanks

[mlefevre]

Hi

Using match and substitute command...


string $pre_suffix = "C:/Documents and Settings/thehive2020/Desktop/GG.jpeg";
string $component = `match "\\..*" $pre_suffix`;
string $new_suffix = `substitute $component $pre_suffix ".rgb"`;

..courtesy of Bryan Ewert and Maya's command docs. :)

[thehive]

oh dude thank you da man

[thehive]

One quick question, is there a way to get the selection of the file names into an array
then attach them to the string pre_suffix -> match all -> then substitute all the extensions.

the prob is i cant seem to list all the names of the names of the files all i get is (file1 file2 etc) i need

file1.fileTextureName "C:/Documents and Settings/thehive2020/Desktop/GG.jpg";
file2.fileTextureName "C:/Documents and Settings/thehive2020/Desktop/GG.jpg";

then match like you said then substitute


basicly all im tryin to do is

1. select all the texture in the hypershade
2. just replace .jpg with .rgb

any thoughts

[thehive]

this is what i got so far , but the match is causing an error not sure if its becasue of the array.




//list the directory of all the images
string $pre_suffix [] = ` file -q -l -loc -typ directory` ;
// Match suffix
string $component = `match "\\..*" $pre_suffix`;
//replace all textures with .RGB
string $new_suffix = `substitute $component $pre_suffix ".rgb"`;



// loop through an change extensions to desired file type

for($i=0; $i<size($new_suffix); $i++)
{


// i know is is not right but is what Im trying to accomplish
but with multiple files if that make sense

setAttr -type "string" file_350zrebuild_1.fileTextureName "C:/Documents and Settings/thehive2020/Desktop/work/350zrebuild.rgb";



}



any help would be most appreciated thanks

[mlefevre]

Hey,

Try this.

global proc extRename(string $ext)
{
//list all 'file' nodes in scene
string $fileNodes[] = lsType("file");

//lsType returns the last array index as <done>. Remove it from array.
string $done = "<done>";
string $doneArray[];
$doneArray[0] = $done;
$fileNodes = stringArrayRemove($doneArray, $fileNodes);

string $component;
string $new_suffix;
string $path;
//loop through each element in the array using for-in loop
for ($eachFile in $fileNodes)
{
$path = `getAttr ($eachFile + ".fileTextureName")`;
$component = `match "\\..*" $path`;
$new_suffix = `substitute $component $path $ext`;
setAttr -type "string" ($eachFile + ".fileTextureName") $new_suffix;
}
}

//example

extRename(".rgb")

Hope that helps :)

-matt

[thehive]

whoa this is freakin awesome jus what i was trying to jus didnt know how to split it up, i need to work at mel scripting more , I really apprecieat the help Matt thanks a mill.



Cheers

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