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I have the following rule running on a current version of organize (installed via pip):

  # try to extract the first date from the file and rename it accordingly
  - name: date_rename
    locations: /scan/ocr
    filters:
      - name
      - extension: pdf
      - filecontent: '(?P<m>[0123]\d)\.(?P<d>[01]\d)\.(?P<y>[12][09]\d\d)'
    actions:
      - rename: "{filecontent.y}-{filecontent.m}-{filecontent.d}_{name}.pdf"

Unfortunately after "rename", the filter triggers on the renamed file again and starts the action over and over... it seems to run 5 times and then proceeds with the next rule:

scan/ocr
  20220401_173738.pdf
    - (rename) Rename to /scan/ocr/2022-23-03_20220401_173738.pdf
  2022-23-03_20220401_173738.pdf
    - (rename) Rename to /scan/ocr/2022-23-03_2022-23-03_20220401_173738.pdf
  2022-23-03_2022-23-03_20220401_173738.pdf
    - (rename) Rename to /scan/ocr/2022-23-03_2022-23-03_2022-23-03_20220401_173738.pdf
  2022-23-03_2022-23-03_2022-23-03_20220401_173738.pdf
    - (rename) Rename to /scan/ocr/2022-23-03_2022-23-03_2022-23-03_2022-23-03_20220401_173738.pdf
  2022-23-03_2022-23-03_2022-23-03_2022-23-03_20220401_173738.pdf
    - (rename) Rename to /scan/ocr/2022-23-03_2022-23-03_2022-23-03_2022-23-03_2022-23-03_20220401_173738.pdf

Is there a way to stop the rule from targeting the renamed file again?

This is a bug and shouldn't happen.

I'm experiencing the same issue with the following:

rules:
  - name: "Renaming DVD folders"
    locations:
      - path: "/mnt/backups/DVDs"
        max_depth: null
    targets: dirs
    subfolders: true
    filters:
      - name:
          contains: "DVD"
    actions:
      - echo: "{path}"
      - rename:
          name: "{name.replace('[DVD] ','')}-{name.replace(' ', '_')}-{name.replace(' [1080p]','')}"
          on_conflict: "overwrite"

@drgrandios Your issue seems like a bug where files are handled multiple times where they shouldn't. It's on my todo.

@telometto I replicated your issue and found this is more like a documentation issue 😅 What you're trying to do is this:

    actions:
      - echo: "{path}"
      - rename:
          name: "{name | replace('[DVD] ','') | replace(' [1080p]','') | replace(' ', '_')}"
          on_conflict: "overwrite"

{name.replace(sth, other) takes the name and replaces sth with other but works from the full name every time. By using pipes as in the example above you can chain multiple renames.

EDIT: You can also chain like this:

name: "{name.replace('[DVD] ','').replace(' [1080p]','').replace(' ', '_')}"`

Worked a charm! Appreciate it 😀

@drgrandios Thanks for reporting and sorry for the late reply. I kind of forgot about the first problem in this issue! This should be fixed in organize v3 because now all generated files are excluded for the rest of the rule.