Rookie Automator Mistake

Here's the story...
I downloaded a bunch of youtube tutorial videos. They all have youtube added in the name of the file along with other spaces and special characters.  I thought about trying Automator to help at least remove the youtube part of the name to help speed up the process of fixing the filenames.
Here's what I did...
Automator workflow
Ask for Finder Items
     Specified Folder containing files I needed help with
Replace Text
     Find: youtube in full name ignore case
     Replace:
I left the replace box emtpy, incorrectly thinking that it would just remove the youtube portion of the filename.  Oops!  My files seem to be gone.
Any help? Suggestions? Can I get them back? Where are they?
Thank you for any help you can give.

Found my solution! Original filenames were "youtube.com.▶ LigthWave UI Tutorial Modeler - YouTube.flv" when I automated getting rid of "youtube" it obviously left me with ".com.▶ LigthWave UI Tutorial Modeler - .flv" so, I finally thought about showing hidden files... bingo there they were! 
I guess the dot in front makes it a hidden file?
I have learned my lesson... be very specific in what you are asking Automator to do.

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