Rename File With First Line and And Comb the blank lines

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;===============================================================================
;
; Function Name:  RenameAndCombFileWithFirstLine
; Description:: Rename the files with its first line, if the first line is only spaces or blank, find the next line.
;if there are some spaces between words, all the spaces except one single space will be removed.
;Remove all the lines that are only spaces or blank line
; Parameter(s): $Folder - A folder name, the files within it will be renamed
;              $FileExtention - The exstention of the file to be renamed, default is *.txt
;              $NumberOnHeadOrEnd - Number, it determines where the file number will be placed in the file name, if it is 1, at the head of file name, else at the end of name . defaule is 1.
; Requirement(s):  #include <File.au3>,#include <Array.au3>,#include <Misc.au3>
; Author(s):       Gear
;Notes:       If there is(are) files is failed to be renamed or combed, the file name will be wrote to console and the Beep sound will remind program runner.
; Example:     RenameFileWithFirstLine("c:\3")
;
;===============================================================================
;
#include <File.au3>
#include <Array.au3>
#include <Misc.au3>
RenameFileWithFirstLine("c:\3")

Func RenameFileWithFirstLine($Folder, $FileExtention = "*.txt", $NumberOnHeadOrEnd = 1)
    $FileList = _FileListToArray($Folder, $FileExtention, 1)
    $FileEx = StringReplace($FileExtention, "*", "")
    If IsArray($FileList) And $FileList[0] >= 1 Then; when there is no file within $Folder, $FileList is not a array.
        $FileRenameNumber = 0;count how many files are renamed within a folder                   ;so $FileList[0] leads to error
        For $j = 1 To $FileList[0]
            Dim $FileContentNoBlank[1] = [0];for saving the combed file lines one by one
            Dim $FileContent
            $CurrentFile = $Folder & "\" & $FileList[$j]
            $fileOpen = _FileReadToArray($CurrentFile, $FileContent)
            If $fileOpen Then
                $NotFound = 1;the tag for if the line for file name is found
                For $WhichLine = 1 To $FileContent[0];extract the line one by one from the array
                    $linecontOringinal = $FileContent[$WhichLine]
                    $TheUnWelcomeCharacterInFileName = '<|>|?|:|*|\|/|"|　　| 　|　 |  ';these are the unacceptable characters in file name
                    $AfterStripName0 = _StringRemove($linecontOringinal, $TheUnWelcomeCharacterInFileName, "|")
                    $AfterStripName1 = _StringRemove($AfterStripName0, "  |  ", "|")
                    $Len0 = StringLen($AfterStripName0)
                    $Len1 = StringLen($AfterStripName1)
                    While $Len1 <> $Len0;it can remove all the white space betwwen strings but still ramians the single one betwwen strings if there is(are) spaces originally.
                        $Len0 = $Len1
                        $AfterStripName1 = StringReplace($AfterStripName1, "  ", " ")
                        $AfterStripName1 = StringReplace($AfterStripName1, "　　", "　")
                        $Len1 = StringLen($AfterStripName1)
                    WEnd
                    If ($AfterStripName1 <> "" And $AfterStripName1 <> " " Or $AfterStripName1 <> "　") Then
                        $NotFound = 0;the line for file name is found
                        ExitLoop
                    EndIf
                Next
                If $NotFound == 0 Then;only when the line for file name is found then continue to comb the file line by line
                    $FileRenameNumber = $FileRenameNumber + 1
                    Select;in order to let the renamed files can be arranged according its original sequence, you can put the number ahead of file name
                        Case $FileRenameNumber >= 0 And $FileRenameNumber < 10
                            $FileRenameNumberString = "000" & String($FileRenameNumber)
                        Case $FileRenameNumber >= 10 And $FileRenameNumber < 100
                            $FileRenameNumberString = "00" & String($FileRenameNumber)
                        Case Else
                            $FileRenameNumberString = "0" & String($FileRenameNumber)
                    EndSelect
                    If $NumberOnHeadOrEnd = 1 Then;the number is ahead
                        $NumberHead = $FileRenameNumberString & " "
                        $NumberEnd = ""
                    Else
                        $NumberHead = "";the number is at the end
                        $NumberEnd = " " & $FileRenameNumberString
                    EndIf
                    $name = $Folder & "\" & $NumberHead & $AfterStripName1 & $NumberEnd & $FileEx
                    For $WhichLine = 1 To $FileContent[0]
                        $linecontOringinal = $FileContent[$WhichLine]
                        $linecont = StringReplace($linecontOringinal, " ", "")
                        $linecont = StringReplace($linecont, "　", "")
                        If $linecont <> "" Then
                            _ArrayAdd($FileContentNoBlank, $linecontOringinal);if the line is not only spaces, then add the original one to array, without any change
                            $FileContentNoBlank[0] = $FileContentNoBlank[0] + 1;$FileContentNoBlank[0] saves the total line of the new file
                        EndIf
                    Next
                    If $name <> $CurrentFile Then
                        $IfWriteGood = _FileWriteFromArray($name, $FileContentNoBlank, 1)
                        If $IfWriteGood Then
                            $IfDel = FileDelete($CurrentFile)
                        Else
                            $FileRenameNumber=$FileRenameNumber-1
                            Beep(200, 100)
                            ConsoleWrite("Fail to Rename and comb file: " & $CurrentFile & @CRLF)
                        EndIf
                    EndIf
                    If $name == $CurrentFile Then;when the old name and new name is the same, delete the old file will also delete the new file
                        $WholeOriginalFile = FileRead($CurrentFile); ready for the situation that if fails to write the ccombed file
                        If @error <> 1 Then;check if the file is read out successfully
                            $IfDel = FileDelete($CurrentFile);in order to avoid later delete the two files which are with the same name, so here delete the old file first
                            $IfWriteGood = _FileWriteFromArray($name, $FileContentNoBlank, 1)
                            If $IfWriteGood == 0 And $IfDel == 1 Then;if delete the old file but fail to write the new file
                                $FileRenameNumber=$FileRenameNumber-1
                                $file = FileOpen($CurrentFile, 10);try to rewrite the old file to disk
                                $IfRewriteGood = FileWrite($file, $WholeOriginalFile)
                                If $IfRewriteGood == 0 Then;fail to rewrite the old file to disk so this file is lost
                                    Beep(500, 1000)
                                    ConsoleWrite("Attention!" & $CurrentFile & " is deleted and lost!" & @CRLF)
                                Else;old file is rewrote to disk
                                    Beep(500, 200)
                                    ConsoleWrite("Attention! Fail to Rename and comb file: " & $CurrentFile & @CRLF)
                                EndIf
                            EndIf
                            If $IfWriteGood == 0 And $IfDel == 0 Then;fail to delete the old file and fail to write the new one to disk
                                $FileRenameNumber=$FileRenameNumber-1
                                Beep(500, 200)
                                ConsoleWrite("Attention! Fail to Rename and comb file: " & $CurrentFile & @CRLF)
                            EndIf
                            If $IfWriteGood == 1 And $IfDel == 0 Then;write the new file to disk but fail to delete the old file
                                Beep(500, 200)
                                ConsoleWrite("Attention! Fail to delete the old  file: " & $CurrentFile & @CRLF)
                            EndIf
                        Else;fail to open the old file and stop to write the new one just for the consideration of file security
                            $FileRenameNumber=$FileRenameNumber-1
                            Beep(500, 200)
                            ConsoleWrite("Attention! Fail to Rename and comb file: " & $CurrentFile & @CRLF)
                        EndIf
                    EndIf
                Else;fail to find the line to be the file name and stop renaming and combing this file
                    Beep(500, 200)
                    ConsoleWrite("Attention! Fail to Rename and comb file: " & $CurrentFile & @CRLF)
                EndIf
            Else;fail to open the file to read its content
                Beep(500, 200)
                ConsoleWrite("Attention! Fail to Rename and comb file: " & $CurrentFile & @CRLF)
            EndIf
        Next
    Else;no file
        ConsoleWrite("There is no file within " & $Folder & @CRLF)
    EndIf
;if there is(are) sub-folder within $Folder, try to recursively rename and comb the file within them
    $FolderList = _FileListToArray($Folder, "*", 2);when within folder there is no file and folder, $FolderList is not an array.
    If IsArray($FolderList) And $FolderList[0] >= 1 Then;when within folder there is(are) files but no child folder,
        For $i = 1 To $FolderList[0]; $FolderList is an array but $FolderList[0] is nothing(but not 0), so here must use $FolderList[0] >= 1
            RenameFileWithFirstLine($Folder & "\" & $FolderList[$i], $FileExtention, $NumberOnHeadOrEnd)
        Next
    Else;no sub-folder
        ConsoleWrite("There is no child folder within " & $Folder & @CRLF)
    EndIf
EndFunc  ;==>RenameFileWithFirstLine

;===============================================================================
;
; Function Name:   _StringRemove
; Description:: Removes certain characters or phrases from a string
; Parameter(s): $s_string - String
;              $s_remove - Characters to be removed (separated by $s_delim)
;              $s_delim[optional] (delimiter '|' by default)
; Requirement(s):  None
; Return Value(s): On Success - String with removed characters
;              On Failure - 0
; Author(s):       RazerM
; Notes:           Only useful when removing lots of characters
; Example:     MsgBox(0,0,_StringRemove("102.3040506.0700...80900.", "0|."))
;
;===============================================================================
;
Func _StringRemove($s_string, $s_remove, $s_delim = "|")
    $s_remove = StringSplit($s_remove, $s_delim)
    If @error Then Return 0
    For $i = 1 To $s_remove[0]
        $s_string = StringReplace($s_string, $s_remove[$i], " ")
        If @error Then Return 0
    Next
    Return $s_string
EndFunc  ;==>_StringRemove

[blakel]

What is the question?

[Uten]

Probably a nice UDF when you need it. Should have been posted in Scripts though.

If you feel the urge to study other ways of doing it, StringRegExpReplace is a good place to start..