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Pull out filename and date from a string

rtlane
8 - Asteroid

I need to pull the date and filename from a string.

 

example:

-rw-rw-r-- 1 kkannon nzt-nfs-access 277981 Dec 1 20:34 Board 1_kkannon_1608126559567.xlsx

 

So I would have 1 column with "Dec 1" and another with "Board 1_kkannon_1608126559567.xlsx". The "Board 1_kkannon_"  and ".xlsx" portion of the filename string will remain the same but the number will change

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Also, has anyone experienced the issue of the download tool not getting the year?

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Qiu
21 - Polaris
21 - Polaris

@rtlane 
for the first part, maybe we can try

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PraphulSamavedam
8 - Asteroid

I hope this solution works for you.

 

rtlane
8 - Asteroid

Thank you all for your quick solution. That seemed to work perfectly. I did forget about something though. Sometimes the year will show up, so I could have the following 3 scenarios.  How could the date column have the year as well depending on the scenario?

 

-rw-rw-r-- 1 kkannon nzt-nfs-access 277981 Dec 1 2020 Board 1_kkannon_1608126559567.xlsx Month, Day, Year

-rw-rw-r-- 1 kkannon nzt-nfs-access 277981 Jan 5 2019 20:34 Board 1_kkannon_1608126559567.xlsx Month, Day, Year, Time

-rw-rw-r-- 1 kkannon nzt-nfs-access 277981 Dec 15 20:34 Board 1_kkannon_1608126559567.xlsx Month, Day, Time

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