this will convert a tcl list of files into Nuke readable syntax.
I.e.:
MyFile.0001.exr
MyFile.0002.exr
MyFile.0003.exr
MyFile.0004.exr
will become:
{{MyFile.%04d.exr} 1-4}
syntax:
compressList
example:
nuke> set myList1 {MyFileA.0001.exr MyFileA.0002.exr MyFileA.0003.exr MyFileA.0004.exr}
nuke> MyFileA.0001.exr MyFileA.0002.exr MyFileA.0003.exr MyFileA.0004.exr
nuke>
nuke> set myList2 {MyFileB.01.exr MyFileB.02.exr MyFileB.03.exr}
nuke> MyFileB.01.exr MyFileB.02.exr MyFileB.03.exr
nuke>
nuke> set myList3 concat $myList1 $myList2
nuke> MyFileA.0001.exr MyFileA.0002.exr MyFileA.0003.exr MyFileA.0004.exr MyFileB.01.exr MyFileB.02.exr MyFileB.03.exr
nuke>
nuke> compressList $myList3
nuke> {MFileB.%02d.exr 1-3} {MyFileA.%04d.exr 1-4}
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