diff --git a/rm_name_mat.m b/rm_name_mat.m
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--- a/rm_name_mat.m
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-clear all;
-close all;
-clc;
-% used to de-identify the file names in .mat file
-
-%% Data root folder
-target_root_path = ('\\uottawa.o.univ\shares\HSS\SpineBiomech\Projects\Gwyneth\SMBLData_OS\Kinematic_Data'); 
-
-%% Remove the participants names and initials in the FILE_NAME
-cd (target_root_path);
-flds = dir();
-dirFlags = [flds.isdir];
-subFolders = flds(dirFlags); 
-par_fld = {subFolders(3:end).name};               % get all the participants folders
-
-for p = 1:length(par_fld)
-    cd(strcat(target_root_path,'\',par_fld{1,p})) % cd into that particpant folder
-    matfiles = dir("*.mat");                      % search all .mat files in the folder
-    file = {matfiles.name};                       % get the names 
-    
-    for m = 1: length(file)
-        Mat = matfile(file{1,m},'Writable',true);
-        fnames = Mat.FILE_NAME;
-        
-        final_fnames = cell(length(fnames),1);
-        for i = 1:length(fnames)
-            [~,names,~] = fileparts(fnames{i,1});
-            tname = strsplit(names,'-');
-            tname_clean = regexp(strsplit(tname{1,1},'-'),'(^[^\d]+)','split','once'); % get rid of the name of the participant
-            final_fnames{i,1} = tname_clean{1,1}{1,2};
-        end
-        Mat.FILE_NAME = final_fnames;                                                 % rewrite the file name
-    end
-end
-
-