{"id":8128,"date":"2024-12-23T14:57:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T09:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/?p=8128"},"modified":"2025-05-17T14:17:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T08:47:35","slug":"use-regular-expression-to-automatically-organize-files-by-their-name-using-copywhiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/use-regular-expression-to-automatically-organize-files-by-their-name-using-copywhiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Use regular expression to automatically organize files by their name, using Copywhiz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Automatically organize files in separate folders by matching file names based on a regular expression using Copywhiz. This helps you select files based on advance file naming criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before delving into the steps, let&#8217;s learn a bit about Copywhiz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Copywhiz?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Copywhiz<\/a> enhances your file-copy experience by letting you to have more flexibility &amp; control over the file copying and backup process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Copywhiz<\/a> makes file copying a breeze: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Copy only new or modified files<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copy files to multiple folders\/computers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sync files between source and destination<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schedule file backups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Verify copied files for data integrity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Retain security attributes of files &amp; folders (ownership\/user access)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\/Features\" target=\"_blank\">Several more hidden nuggets<\/a>&nbsp;designed to make your file-copy task easier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at the below video on how we can achieve the above feature:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Windows: Use regular expression to automatically organize files by their name, using Copywhiz\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MkkymEIXr5s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video Transcription: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In this video, we will see how we can use expressions to organize files in seperate folders. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As we see, we have a folder having various employee names. Let&#8217;s copy the files and we shall create the folder as per the last name. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Right-click and add it to Copywhiz. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to the destination folder, right-click and choose Copywhiz Paste Advanced.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Click on Advanced settings button.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the destination tab, select organize files inside folders based on name, type, date etc. <br><br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"647\" class=\"wp-image-8368 img-border\" style=\"width: 524px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Regular.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Regular.png 478w, https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Regular-243x300.png 243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then click on the organizer button and select the criteria to organize the files. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Type the expression and click on Ok and paste now. <br><br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"559\" class=\"wp-image-8369 img-border\" style=\"width: 524px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Regular1.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Regular1.png 523w, https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Regular1-281x300.png 281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Copywhiz has simplified file management and increased productivity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about<\/a>&nbsp;Copywhiz. Download the free trial&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\/Download\">from here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For short tutorial videos,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\/Videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Check out this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subscribe to our&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCULI5s6KJn-0iDIeqJRUWQA\/featured?view_as=subscriber\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a>&nbsp;for interesting videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">other cool products<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a good day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Automatically organize files in separate folders by matching file names based on a regular expression using Copywhiz. This helps you select files based on advance file naming criteria. Before delving into the steps, let&#8217;s learn a bit about Copywhiz. Let&#8217;s take a look at the below video on how we can achieve the above feature: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/use-regular-expression-to-automatically-organize-files-by-their-name-using-copywhiz\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Use regular expression to automatically organize files by their name, using Copywhiz<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-copywhiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8128"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8444,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8128\/revisions\/8444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}