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Batch File Cleaning

Batch file cleaning provides an interactive ability to clean files using the TextSoap application.

Filter

Use the filter to reduce the size of the cleaner popup to find your specific cleaner.

Cleaner

The cleaner you wish to apply to the files.

Also Match These Extensions

Normally, TextSoap only processes known file types (RTF, RTFD, TEXT). Some files are text files, but use a different extension (without being recognized as text files by the OS). To force these files to be recognized, select this option and enter in the extension. Any file with that extension will be treated as a text file. Example: a file with a .markdown extension is a plain text file that we want to convert to an .html file.

Use Specified Plain Text File Encoding

You can optionally specify the read and write encodings for plain text files . This also allows you to read in one encoding format and write to another encoding format. If you don't specify, the application will try to guess, falling back to UTF-8 if it can't match anything else.

Place Results in Destination Folder

If selected, places the changed file in a new location. The destination folder is a relative location to each file's full path. If this option is not set, the results are placed in the same folder as the original file.

Prefix

If not blank, the prefix text is added to the beginning of each filename.

Suffix

If not blank, the suffix text is appended to each filename.

New Ext

If not blank, the extension of each file is changed to the new extension. This the example above, it is used to change the resulting file (that has been processed with the "Mixed-in Markdown" cleaner) to an HTML file by changing its extension.

Files

The files area allows you to view the files to be processed. You can either drag the files directly into the table or select the + to add files. You can also remove selected files or clear out the entire list.

Results

The results area displays a log of the files processed.