Picard: Is it possible to script around "_dirname"?

[InvisibleMan78]

I would like to replace the not allowed special chars in windows file names with self defined characters.
My attempt to change the question mark into nothing (instead of an underscore)
$set(_dirname,$replace(_dirname,?,)))
seems not to work.

What can I use as an alternative?
If this is not possible with script-commands: Would it work with a plugin?

[InvisibleMan78]

I found a workaround with script commands in the file naming section (not in the scripting section) and with examples found here:

Repository for neat file name string patterns and tagger script snippets

Hello On the old forums, there was a post called Repository for cool file naming parameter strings. This thread contains a lot of neat file naming string patterns and tagger script snippets. This topic is meant to have the same function for this new forum. A lot of the snippets in that other thread are outdated and may not work properly with recent versions of Picard, so I’ve decided to not bring any over myself just now, but go ahead and post your own favourites (…

[outsidecontext]

See this post for an explanation and scripting solution:

Does / need escaping?

/ is special in file naming scripts, because it does create folders. Therefore it needs to be replaced in variables before they are put into the renaming script. You can’t replace it in the renaming script, you have to do so in the scripting options. I would recommend you add this to your script: $set(_title,$replace(%title%,/,+)) Then in your renaming script you use %_title%

UPDATE: Scratch that, this post was about replacing / and \, the only special characters you cannot manage inside the file naming script.

For your issue with ? you can wrap your entire naming script into a $replace(), that will work. The variable %_dirname% is not during renaming, it represents the directory the files are originally loaded from.