Advanced applescript to rename files

Hi Everybody,
I am trying to do some applescript to rename files.
I know some tips to do that, but I try to write an advanced script with many options
For example : A file to rename :
"project-test.info.jpg"
1st :
I would like the script to find every symbols in the name(without the extension), like here : "-" or "_"
and repace these symbols with another one like "_"
then the new name will be :
"project_test_info.jpg"
2nd :
if the file is named in a "wrong way", like :
test.jpg
or
"test-info.jpg"
or
"project.test.jpg"
etc
then the script will rename in the better way :
"project_test_information.jpg"
(information will be data I will enter by myself)
And many other or examples with all the possibilities to rename...
I succeed to rename some parts of the name, but I don't find the solution to replace symbols, and how to count the number of text parts and replace the good ones...
I dont know even if it's a good way to do like that in fact, an maybe it's possible in another way ?
Thank you very much for your answers !

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Normally it is a bad idea to do things with items that are in the attached folder (earlier OS versions will retrigger folder actions when an item is renamed, for example), and you don't need to use a Get Selected Finder Items action since the dropped items are already passed to your workflow (also note that the input items will be a list).
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Using AppleScript to rename file as current date

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Hi. Macophile just starting to tread the waters of Applescript, trying to use Automator but don't think it will do what I need.
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Awesome, you're quite welcome, glad to hear it worked for ya!! Here's another version of the script that will rename the thumb files as jpg...
<pre style="width:630px;height:auto;overflow-x:auto;overflow-y:hidden;"
title="Copy this code and paste it into your Script Editor application.">on run
set theItems to choose folder with multiple selections allowed
open (theItems)
end run
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repeat with anItem in itemList
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Need to rename files parsing date formats in the filename [SOLVED]

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Last edited by graysky (2014-06-07 09:41:59)

sempervirent,
You're asking for some pretty advanced file naming. Most people aren't going to need that sort of function, so I doubt there will be a hook into Aperture to do such a thing. I suggest using a shell script or Applescript along with EXIFTool to rename files before you import them into Aperture. http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
Retain the unique number that the image already has
If you're not afraid of the command line, it's easy enough to use a tool like awk or maybe perl to parse that sequence number from a well-formatted string like the picture name
Replace "DSC" with the camera model (D3X)
You can use EXIFTool to extract the camera model from the EXIF dat ain the photos
Add a digit prior to the four-digit string to indicate the true numeric sequence of the file.
Good luck with this one. You'll have to do a filename search through all of your previous files to find out what 10,000 you're on. It's possible, but you'd have to do some specialized coding in AppleScript or shell script.
nathan

Rename files and retain portions of the original filename

I posted a thread about this a while ago, but no solution was given:
http://discussions.info.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2564646
The issue is this: I can't figure out how to rename imported files while also retaining part of the original filename. The images come off of the camera like this:
DSC_3497.nef
I need to do the following:
+- Retain the unique number that the image already has. I don't want to rename the files by date, location, lunar phase, or some other esoteric identifier. I think having a unique ID for each image (one that shows up in standard OS-level searches on both Mac and PC systems) is useful.+
+- Replace "DSC" with the camera model (D3X), since I use multiple cameras with different resolutions and also need to be able to search for images from a certain camera outside of Aperture (i.e. tags/keywords would not help).+
+- Add a digit prior to the four-digit string to indicate the true numeric sequence of the file. Since Nikon cameras reset the number sequence every 10,000 files, I want to indicate the true sequence number directly in the filename. This will also avoid filename overlaps. It also lets me know how many images I've shot with each camera.+
The intended final result would look like this:
D3X_63497.nef
Showing the 63,497th image taken with my D3X.
In Aperture's "File Naming" dialog, I don't see a way to split the existing filename in this way. It looks like I can only append or prepend a Custom Name to the Version/Master name. I don't see a way to split the existing filename at the underscore, for example, so that portions of the original filename can be selectively replaced.
This is not about finding a workable naming scheme for Aperture and then renaming all existing files. I spend time on the PC side for various things and also work with a number of people who don't use Aperture but need access to my image library. I also have hundreds of references to existing filenames in various print and web design projects, as well as my Flickr account with 3000+ photos.
Going back and updating all that stuff is not going to happen. But using a System Service to rename files after every import is also pretty tedious.
Any solutions that meet the three criteria outlined above would be greatly appreciated.

sempervirent,
You're asking for some pretty advanced file naming. Most people aren't going to need that sort of function, so I doubt there will be a hook into Aperture to do such a thing. I suggest using a shell script or Applescript along with EXIFTool to rename files before you import them into Aperture. http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
Retain the unique number that the image already has
If you're not afraid of the command line, it's easy enough to use a tool like awk or maybe perl to parse that sequence number from a well-formatted string like the picture name
Replace "DSC" with the camera model (D3X)
You can use EXIFTool to extract the camera model from the EXIF dat ain the photos
Add a digit prior to the four-digit string to indicate the true numeric sequence of the file.
Good luck with this one. You'll have to do a filename search through all of your previous files to find out what 10,000 you're on. It's possible, but you'd have to do some specialized coding in AppleScript or shell script.
nathan

Software to Rename Files is OS 10.5.2

Does anyone know a program that will rename files: specifically I am looking to remove "_" from a bunch of files; for example "File_Name" > "File Name". Thanks in advance!

It is very easy to make an Automator workflow to do this.
There is also an AppleScript in /Applications/AppleScript/Example Scrips/Finder Scripts. If you run AppleScript Utility, you can put a script menu in the menu bar that includes the example scripts.

How to open renamed files?

Hi
I rename selected files and after that want to open them.
For my purpose renaming works well like this:
tell application "Finder"
set FilesToRENAME to selection
display dialog "Change what?" default answer ""
set ChangeFROM to text returned of the result
display dialog "Change to?" default answer ""
set ChangeTO to text returned of the result
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {ChangeFROM}
set theCount to count of FilesToRENAME
repeat with x from 1 to theCount
try
set theName to name of item x of FilesToRENAME
set FirstNamePart to first text item of theName
set LastNamePart to second text item of theName
set newName to FirstNamePart & ChangeTO & LastNamePart
set name of item x of FilesToRENAME to newName
on error errStr number theNumber
activate
display dialog "Error in changing the Name " & theNumber & return & errStr ¬
& return & "Step " & x
end try
end repeat
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
end tell
Now newly renamed files don't belong anymore to FilesToRENAME. So how to point to those files now (how to make a new list from those renamed files)? I was thinking to get a path to each file inside the repeat loop and replace the name, but couldn't do it.
Thank you for any help.
Vera

Pierre's method is pretty clever, but if you don't happen to be using a Finder selection (choose file for example), you can also use the interesting fact that an alias keeps track of an item even if it is moved or renamed.
<pre style="
font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
width: 720px; height: 340px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #DAFFB6;
overflow: auto;"
title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor">
-- tell application "Finder" to set filesToRename to selection as alias list
set filesToRename to (choose file with multiple selections allowed)
set changeFrom to text returned of (display dialog "Change what?" default answer "")
set changeTo to text returned of (display dialog "Change to?" default answer "")
set renamedFiles to {} -- this will be the renamed files
repeat with aFile in filesToRename
set aFile to the contents of aFile
tell application "Finder" to set theName to name of aFile
try
set tempTID to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {changeFrom}
set firstNamePart to first text item of theName
set lastNamePart to second text item of theName
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to tempTID
set newName to firstNamePart & changeTo & lastNamePart
tell application "Finder"
set name of aFile to newName -- aFile points to the original file
update aFile -- give Finder a chance to catch up
set the end of renamedFiles to aFile -- aFile now points to the renamed file
end tell
on error errStr number theNumber
activate me
display alert "Error " & theNumber & " in changing the Name" message errStr
end try
end repeat
renamedFiles --> aliases to the renamed files
</pre>

Renaming Files In 2-Number-Steps ... how to? (w. or w/o Automator)

Dear all,
I have Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10 and a question: I have a 2-pages-per-sheet-PDF-document. I exported the file as single .jpgs in my Adobe Acrobat 11 program. Now I have 10 sheets (20 pages) as jpg. I want to batch crop them with Photo Batch for Mac which is not my problem. I now have 10 left pages (1-3-5-7-9-...) and 10 right pages (2-4-6-8-...).
I made the left - hand - pages first, they are now 001.jpg, 002.jpg, 003.jpg etc.
I thence made the right - hand - pages, they are now 011.jpg, 012.jpg, 013.jpg, etc.
Now I could rearrange everything in one single PDF with 20 pages / 20 sheets, but then I had to manually sort everything in the right way. I need help for the following:
How can I batch rename a heap of files to odd numbers in ascending order?
How can I batch rename a heap of files to even numbers in ascending order?
Then I could just hit the merge button in Acrobat and did not have to sort everything in Adobe :-)
Thanks for help!
Yours truly Holger Rogoll

Hi,
Use this AppleScript to rename JPEG's files:
set tFolder to choose folder with prompt "Select the folder which contains JPEG's file"
tell application "Finder"
    set jpegs to document files of tFolder whose name extension is "jpg"
    set tc to (count jpegs) div 2
    set tmpF to make new folder at tFolder
    set rJpegs to move items (tc + 1) thru -1 of jpegs to tmpF -- move right - hand - pages to new folder ( to avoid name conflict when renaming)
    set j to (tc * 2) - 1
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        set name of item i of jpegs to (text -3 thru -1 of ("00" & j)) & ".jpg"
        set j to j - 2
    end repeat
    set j to 2
    repeat with i from 1 to (tc - 1) -- rename right, skip the last item because the name of the last JPEG is OK
        set name of item i of rJpegs to (text -3 thru -1 of ("00" & j)) & ".jpg"
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    delete tmpF -- delete the created folder
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Automator: Impossible to rename file using automator under Mac OS X Lion

Hi,
Before upgrade my iMac to MAC OS X Lion 10.7.2, I had service created with automator under snow leopard in order to rename my pictures file names by blocks instead of one by one. Since I'm using Lion, this one doesn't work anymore. I have completely recreate the service under Lion and the results is the same.
You can find below my workflow that is easy. The problem is the message error in the history of automator application. The message is "impossible to rename file "file name" because this one should create conflict with existing file". I already test a lot of times with different name where I'm sure that this one doesn't exist on my Mac but all the time without success (verify also with search function under mac)
If somebody can help me, it would be very interesting because I already tried to find answer on internet without success too.
Thanks in advance for your help.

the whole automator and in particular the record action was substantially rewritten in snow leopard. and the record action is slow, unreliable and you can't trouble-shoot it. it's a wonder it works at all. the only advice i can give is to use it as little as possible. if at all possible avoid it altogether. if you do need to use it try using keyboard strokes instead of the mouse movement. for example. use command+c and command+v for copying and pasting and use tabbing to choose the correct box on the page.

How can I automatically rename files based on an excel doc?

I am a scientist and recieve data files from some of my experiments with arbitrary, computer-generated names. For example, if I perform an experiment with four samples, which I name Sample1, Sample2, Sample3, and Sample4, I get back 4 data files named J30935D05.ab1, J30935E05.ab1, J30935F05.ab1 and J30935G05.ab1 along with an Excel doc that lists my names for the samples (sample1, sample 2, etc.) in one column and the computer-generated names for their corresponding files (J30935D05.ab1, J30935E05.ab1, etc.) next to them in another. Therefore, I must open the Excel file and look up which file corresponds to which sample before I can begin processsing my data. Usually these experiments involve a large enough number of samples (70-100 or so) such that looking everything up in the Excel doc gets very tedious and is quite time-consuming. Is there any way to create an automator workflow, applescript, or some other solution to rename these files based on the Excel doc? To clarify, I would like an automator workflow that would take a folder of arbitrarily named files, look up the names I have for the samples in the Excel doc, and rename the files accordingly. In the example, my folder containing files J30935D05.ab1, J30935E05.ab1, J30935F05.ab1 and J30935G05.ab1 would be turned into a folder containing the files renamed as Sample1.ab1, Sample2.ab1, Sample3.ab1, and Sample4.ab1. This example is a bit simplified, however, and trying a simple trick of just systematically renaming files within the folder would not work--both the original and the new file names must be looked up in the Excel doc, as these change dramatically from experiment to experiment. I would also need to maintain the file extension on each file after being renamed. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Try the freeware utility Renamer4Mac (VersionTracker or MacUpdate).
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Rename file name

Hello to everyone,
I need to change the old file name for that I used this code ......but the problem here is..............
normally I will get the file name is
/interfaces/in/1601/payroll03052007
directory
/interfaces/in/1601
file name is payroll03052007
so the new file name starts with z ...like zpayroll03052007.....here the problem is...'z' should come before the file name.......for that how can I write the code.......
form renamefile.
   file-name-old(50) = jefile(50).
   v_date = sy-datum.
   v_time = sy-uzeit.
concatenate: file-name-old '-' hrec-hpostdate(2) hrec-hpostdat
                                                into file-name-
    concatenate: file-name-old v_date v_time into file-name-new.
Rename Input file to prevent second interface of data
   refresh rctable.
   call function 'Z_RENAME_FILE'
        exporting
             source_file_name = file-name-old
             target_file_name = file-name-new
        tables
             rc_table         = rctable.
if sy-subrc = 0.
     write:/ 'Rename function sucessfully executed'.
     write:/ 'Renamed file from: ', file-name-old.
     write:/ '               to: ', file-name-new.
   else.
     write:/ 'Z_Rename function could not be executed'.
   endif.
Thanks in advance....
Madhu.

You can use SXPG_COMMAND_EXECUTE. This function is used to execute operating system command and can be used to rename a operating system file. For example you can use "mv" on UNIX or "REN" on Windows systems.
CALL FUNCTION 'SXPG_COMMAND_EXECUTE'
EXPORTING
    COMMANDNAME                         =
*   ADDITIONAL_PARAMETERS               =
*   OPERATINGSYSTEM                     = SY-OPSYS
*   TARGETSYSTEM                        = SY-HOST
*   DESTINATION                         =
*   STDOUT                              = 'X'
*   STDERR                              = 'X'
*   TERMINATIONWAIT                     = 'X'
*   TRACE                               =
* IMPORTING
*   STATUS                              =
*   EXITCODE                            =
TABLES
    EXEC_PROTOCOL                       =
* EXCEPTIONS
*   NO_PERMISSION                       = 1
*   COMMAND_NOT_FOUND                   = 2
*   PARAMETERS_TOO_LONG                 = 3
*   SECURITY_RISK                       = 4
*   WRONG_CHECK_CALL_INTERFACE          = 5
*   PROGRAM_START_ERROR                 = 6
*   PROGRAM_TERMINATION_ERROR           = 7
*   X_ERROR                             = 8
*   PARAMETER_EXPECTED                  = 9
*   TOO_MANY_PARAMETERS                 = 10
*   ILLEGAL_COMMAND                     = 11
*   WRONG_ASYNCHRONOUS_PARAMETERS       = 12
*   CANT_ENQ_TBTCO_ENTRY                = 13
*   JOBCOUNT_GENERATION_ERROR           = 14
*   OTHERS                              = 15
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Using Automator to Rename Files

I can't figure out how to rename files so that the number in the name is in parentheses. For example Dog 1.jpg should be changed to Dog (1).jpg. How can I accomplish this in Automator?

ok. the following should work. paste it into AppleScript Editor. select the files you want to rename in finder and press "run" in script editor. you might want to test it on a small number of files first.
<pre style="
font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
font-size: 10px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
width: 720px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #ADD8E6;
overflow: auto;"
title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor">
tell application "Finder"
set selected_items to selection
repeat with this_item in selected_items
set current_name to name of this_item as text
set current_extension to name extension of this_item
set length_extension to length of current_extension
set name_no_ext to text 1 thru (-length_extension - 2) of current_name
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to " "
if (number of text items of name_no_ext > 1) then
set z to last text item of name_no_ext --get the number at the end of the name before the extension
set name of this_item to do shell script "echo " & quoted form of current_name & "|sed 's/" & z & "." & current_extension & "/(" & z & ")." & current_extension & "/'"
end if
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
end repeat
end tell</pre>

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