Rename file script.

I assume this is possible via scripting, but as I'm new to scripting I'm just dipping my toes in for this.
I have a number of actions, all produce a variety of colour effects/tone. For a specific job I need to run each action one-by-one and output the result as a new PSD file using the Action's name as the filename for the PSD document.
IE :
FILE.PSD
run action 'Blues to shadows'
FILE.PSD saved to folder as 'Blues to shadows.PSD'
does anyone have any pointers how to get to this stage?
Thanks.

I already wrote this a few years ago.
http://ps-scripts.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/ps-scripts/xtools/apps/ActionSetRu nner.js
It should do what you want.
-X

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[10G2 on XP PRO] Rename file script returns error

Hi,
I mistakenly created a "Users03" datafile without the .dbf extension.
Now I would like to add it in order to use wildcards in scripts.
Here is the "Rename" script:
>
alter tablespace users rename datafile
'l:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\oracompta\users01.dbf',
'l:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\oracompta\users02.dbf',
'l:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\oracompta\users03'
to
'l:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\oracompta\users01.dbf',
'l:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\oracompta\users02.dbf',
'l:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\oracompta\users03.dbf'
Here are the output from the "dba_datafiles" view and error message for the rename:
>
SQL> @c:\jb\data\sources\oracle\dba\datafiles
...[RETURN].......
FILE_NAME TABLESPACE_NAME AUTO MAXBYTES INCREMENT_BY
L:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\ORACOMPTA\EXAMPLE01.DBF EXAMPLE YES 34359721984 80
L:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\ORACOMPTA\SYSAUX01.DBF SYSAUX YES 34359721984 1280
L:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\ORACOMPTA\SYSTEM01.DBF SYSTEM YES 34359721984 1280
L:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\ORACOMPTA\UNDOTBS01.DBF UNDOTBS1 YES 34359721984 640
L:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\ORACOMPTA\UNDOTBS02.DBF UNDOTBS2 YES 629145600 12800
L:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\ORACOMPTA\USERS01.DBF USERS
L:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\ORACOMPTA\USERS02.DBF USERS
L:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\ORACOMPTA\USERS03 USERS
8 ligne(s) sélectionnée(s).
SQL> @c:\jb\data\sources\oracle\dba\renamefile
alter tablespace users rename datafile
ERREUR à la ligne 1 :
ORA-01525: échec du changement de noms de fichier de données
ORA-01523: impossible de renommer le fichier de données en 'l:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\oracomp
Maybe there is some limit to the input line length in SQL*Plus?
I can't find how to rename a datafile from the OEM console.
Looks like I'll have to create a "usersbis" tablespace and copy every object into it, then drop users tablespace.
Or I'll find an inocuous DBA command to test the correct syntax for referencing datafiles names under Windows.
Many thanks for your help :-)

Hi,
I tried your commands after a cold backup.
Here is the SQL*PLUS output:
******************** QUOTE ********************************************
SQL> startup mount
Instance ORACLE lancée.
...[RETURN].......
Total System Global Area 272629760 bytes
Fixed Size 1248504 bytes
Variable Size 100664072 bytes
Database Buffers 167772160 bytes
Redo Buffers 2945024 bytes
Base de données montée.
SQL> alter tablespace users rename datafile
2 'l:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\users03'
3 to
4 'l:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\users03.dbf';
alter tablespace users rename datafile
ERREUR à la ligne 1 :
ORA-01109: base de données non ouverte
SQL> alter database open;
alter database open
ERREUR à la ligne 1 :
ORA-01157: impossible d'identifier ou de verrouiller le fichier de données 7 - voir le fichier de tr
ORA-01110: fichier de données 7 : 'L:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\ORACOMPTA\USERS03'
SQL> alter tablespace users rename datafile
2 'l:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\users03'
3 to
4 'l:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\users03.dbf';
alter tablespace users rename datafile
ERREUR à la ligne 1 :
ORA-01109: base de données non ouverte
********************** END QUOTE ********************************************
I must have done something wrong.
I'll try renaming the file from DOS and open the database.
Many thanks for your reply.

Need a script to do the following... rename files based on folder name...

Hi. Macophile just starting to tread the waters of Applescript, trying to use Automator but don't think it will do what I need.
I have many images stored with-in folders that I would like to extrapolate a given number of characters from the folder name and Add Text to the files within those given folders.
Basically...
Folder name is C00100_Descriptive
Files within folder are just Descriptive_01, Descriptive_02
Would like to make all files within a given folder take the first 7 characters from the folder and Add that text to all files and files within subfolders of that folder to make the resulting files shown as...
C00100Descriptive01
C00100Descriptive02
Along with this I would also like to incorporate into the script, an added step to create Thumbnail jpegs of the image files in a Subfolder under C00100_Descriptive folder.
I can see how to do that in automator but not specifying parameters such as taking a certain number of characters from the folder the file resides in and adding that selected text to the files.
Ideally I would like a droplet or something that I could take a bunch of folders and drop them on the droplet to perform these actions.
Any advice, help or guidance would be really helpful! Thanks in advance.

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
on open (itemList)
repeat with anItem in itemList
set theInfo to info for anItem
--VERIFY THAT THE OPENED ITEM IS A FOLDER
if folder of theInfo and not package folder of theInfo then
--SET PATH TO THE FOLDER
set theFolder to POSIX path of anItem
--GET FIRST PART OF FOLDER NAME
set folderNameStart to do shell script "echo " & ¬
quoted form of (name of theInfo) & "|awk -F'_' '{print $1}'"
--GET ALL FILE NAMES
set fileList to list folder anItem without invisibles
--PROCEED IF FOLDER NOT EMPTY
if fileList is not {} then
--SET PATH TO THUMBNAIL FOLDER
set thumbFolder to theFolder & "_thumbs/"
--CREATE FOLDER IF IT DOESN'T ALREADY EXIST
try
do shell script "mkdir " & quoted form of thumbFolder
end try
--PROCESS FILES
repeat with fileName in fileList
--SET PATH TO CURRENT FILE
set oldFile to theFolder & fileName
--PROCEED IF FILE IS NOT A FOLDER
set oldFileInfo to info for POSIX file oldFile
if not folder of oldFileInfo then
--SET NEW FILE AND THUMB FILE PATHS
set newFileName to folderNameStart & "_" & fileName
set newFile to theFolder & newFileName
set theExt to name extension of oldFileInfo
set thumbName to text 1 through -((length of theExt) + 1) of newFileName & "jpg"
set thumbFile to thumbFolder & "thumb_" & thumbName
--RENAME FILE
do shell script "mv " & quoted form of oldFile & space & ¬
quoted form of newFile
--CREATE THUMBNAIL
--REPLACE '128' WITH MAX HEIGHT OR WIDTH OF THUMB
try
do shell script "sips -s format jpeg -s dpiHeight 72 -s dpiWidth 72 -Z 128 " & ¬
quoted form of newFile & " --out " & quoted form of thumbFile
end try
end if
end repeat
end if
end if
end repeat
end open</pre>

PS Script To Rename File Using CSV - Filename Is Containing IP Address And Needs To Be Host Name

Hello All,
I am currently working with PDF reports which are named "TEMXX.XX.XXX.XX_141215.pdf", XX.XX.XXX.XX is an IP address. I have created a CSV which contains two columns, ColumnA = IPAddress ColumnB = HostName. I would like to remove the existing title
of the file, and rename it as "ColumnB.pdf".
The only two commands which come to mind are:
get-childitem *.pdf | foreach { rename-item $_ $_.Name.Replace("TEM", "") }
get-childitem *.pdf | foreach { rename-item $_ $_.Name.Replace("_141215", "") }
The above commands are of course to remove the unwanted "TEM" and "_141215" but I cannot seem to figure out how to just rename files as ColumnB.pdf.
Any help would be greatly appreciated :).

Hello All,
I performed the following but it did not execute, just returned the prompt. The final ps1 file was saved and ran as follows:
$lines = Import-Csvservers.csv
ForEach($line in $lines){
get-childitem *.pdf |where {$_.name -eq $line.ColumnA}|Rename-Item -NewName $line.ColumnB
CSV file named servers.csv displayed as follows:
ColumnA,ColumnB
192.168.1.2,SERVER1
192.168.1.3,SERVER2
Files in Explorer displayed as follows:
ray192.168.1.2_2015.pdf
ray192.168.1.3_2015.pdf
As indicated above the filename should be finalized as:
SERVER1.pdf
SERVER2.pdf
Any help in figuring this out would be greatly appreciated.

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>

Batch rename files preserving the original file name in metadata

How can I batch rename files while preserving the original file name in metadata? (Don't want the old file name as part of the new file name)
(Adobe CS Bridge can do this with some success, but I don't want to be dependant on this software. Results are inconsistent.)

With a simple terminal script. More details needed, though.

Custom batch rename files with Aperture 3 in the following format: IMG_0023.cr2 to Smith_YYMMDD_0023.cr2? I cannot find a way to structure the date in Aperture as such, as well as extract only the camera file

Please advise how to custom batch rename files with Aperture 3 in the following format: IMG_0023.cr2 to Smith_120816_0023.cr2? I cannot find a way to structure the date in Aperture as such (YYMMDD), as well as extract only the camera file (0023, for example). Adobe Bridge CS5 can do this, but NONE of the Adobe software is retina optimized, and is terrible to look at.

In Aperture you are limited to renaming files by the entries in the File Naming preset window.
At what point are you looking to rename, import or export? It might be possible to do what you are looking to do external to Aperture either via a script or other software.
regards

How to rename files by folder name in applescript

Hi,
I need to be able to rename files within a folder to the folder name. I have a work flow and script that allows me to find the files within a folder, enter a new file name and starting sequence number in tow seperate dialogue boxes. What I want to be able to achieve is to rename the files without manually entering the name... I still want to be able to manually enter the number.

Use code such as:
tell application "Finder"
set the_folder to (choose folder)
repeat with this_file from 1 to (count (get files of the_folder))
set name of file this_file of the_folder to (name of the_folder) & " " & this_file
end repeat
end tell
replacing the last this_file on the fourth line with the variable which contains the number.
(104354)

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>

Rename files in different subfolders

Hello,
I am looking for a script to do the following:
I have different files in various folders and subfolders that I wish to rename.
So I need a script to search for files in all folders and subfolders of my external drive and find all files ending in .doc.
Then I need each file to be renamed as "report.doc". (there is only one file per subfolder so there is no danger of having two files with the same name.)
Can someone show me how to do that? I found similar posts but it was not what I was looking for.
Thank you very much for your time.

This is an old document I have so some may no longer exist or work with Lion, but you can probably find utilities that will do this for you. I use Renamer4Mac from back when it was free.
*Renaming Utilities*
NameChanger [http://www.mrrsoftware.com/MRRSoftware/NameChanger.html]
Renamer4Mac [http://renamer4mac.com/batch-rename-files-on-mac-osx.html] - now shareware but older versions may still be free.
psrenamer [http://www.powersurgepub.com/downloads.html#psrenamer] - Java based (=slightly slow) free utility.
Name Mangler [http://www.manytricks.com/namemangler/] - requires OS 10.5+, but File List [http://www.manytricks.com/download/filelist] is an older version for pre-10.5.
[http://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderRename/] - $20

How to edit move rename files in iTunes

how to edit move rename files in itunes

I don't like iTunes.
I don't want iTunes to keep the physical location of my files because they can be on a SD card, or an USB drive and i don't want iTunes to stop me from playing a song because it cannot find it anymore.
So i would like to use physical files just to upload to iTunes Match and then delete the link to the physical file.
If needed, iTunes Match will download the file.
The problem is just that i would like to delete all references to physical files to make iTunes Match download the file only when needed and stop using the first version i had given to it
maybe i could have a Apple Script to check if there is a physical file referenced and if so delete it to have only the Cloud version

Need to rename files parsing date formats in the filename [SOLVED]

Godaddy changed the naming scheme of their server logs again. I need some perl or something magic that will convert format A to format B. Doing this is bash is going to be painful so I'm hoping some of your perl or python ninjas out there could help me.
format A: ex20140425000001.log
format B: Wed, May 21, 2014.log
So for the example above, that date needs to be converted to this name: ex20140521000001.log
Thanks in advance!
EDIT: nevermind... forgot about date.
#!/bin/bash
for i in *.log; do
fixeddate="$(echo $i | sed -e 's/,//g' -e 's/^....//' -e 's/.log//')"
useitdate="$(date -d "$fixeddate" +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)"
newname="ex$useitdate.log"
mv "$i" "$newname"
done
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 using text or excel file

I am trying to find out how to rename files on my pc using the names stored in a text document
eg. the file on the pc is called "C07_08.dat"
the text file has the following line "3am Eternal KLF 03:15 121 BMG C07.08"
i want to change the name of the file "C07_08.dat" to "3am Eternal.mpeg"
What I would like is a batch file or program or something that will see the text "C07.08" and find the corresponding file "C07_08.dat" and rename it "3am Eternal.mpeg"
I have managed to create a excel document that has the information in four separate columns
Column A has the name of the file I want to use (ie. 3am Eternal) Column B & C have unneeded information and Column D has the file reference (ie. C07.08)
I was told that Python or Visual basic could do this so I downloaded them but I have no experience with this so im lost as to what to do, I have over 1800 of these files so doing it file by file will take quite a while.
I have included a sample of the text file for reference if that helps
3am Eternal KLF 03:15 121 BMG C07.08
4 In The Morning Gwen Stefani 04:22 092 UMA HD1.10
4 Minutes Madonna ft J Timberlake 04:04 113 WAR HE3.05
5 6 7 8 Steps 03:24 000 BMG C48.03
5678 Steps 03:23 140 MUS H16.02
6 Of 1 Thing Craig David 03:15 116 WAR HE2.11
60 MPH New Order 03:51 125 WAR N57.11
7 Days Craig David 04:30 084 SHO N41.16
7 Things Miley Cyrus 03:29 107 EMI HE7.09
99 Luft Balloons Nena 03:58 095 WAR C27.10
99 Times Kate Voegele 03:27 112 UMA HG6.07
A Girl Like You Edwyn Collins 03:47 126 MDS R06.08
A Little Bit Pandora 03:35 132 UMA H23.01
A Little Less Conversation Elvis VS JXL 03:02 115 BMG H68.03
A Matter Of Trust Billy Joel 04:00 110 SON C59.11
A New Day Has Come Celine Dion 04:20 092 SON H65.20
A Woman Like You Mondo Rock 04:03 169 MUS R06.01
About You Now Sugababes 03:32 083 UMA HD5.08
Absolutely Everybody Vanessa Amorosi 03:52 124 TRA H40.06
Absolutely Fabulous Pet Shop Boys 03:45 132 EMI C15.02
Accidentally In Love Counting Crows 03:08 138 UMA H94.05
According To You Orianthi 03:18 066 UMA HG4.12
Achy Breaky Heart Billy Ray Cyrus 03:55 122 SON K11.02

Here are two VBScripts that will rename the files based on the text file example you provided. The script that reads a
TEXT FILE requires each entry to be separated by
ONE TAB because it is the
TAB
that it uses to split each line into 4 parts (part1 - old file name, part2 and part3 - items you don’t need, part 4 - new file name). If there is more that one tab then the Split Function will not work properly.
The second VBScript will read the
EXCEL FILE row by row and use the values in Column A for the old file name and
Column D for the new file name. This approach will work much better if you have an excel document setup like this.
I used your example that you provided and it test fine for both approaches.
'Read text file
Dim objFSO, objFolder, inFile, strInLine, strOldFile, strNewFile
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Select the folder
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder("C:\Scripts\MusicFiles")
'Open Text File
Set inFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile("C:\Scripts\MusicFiles.txt",1)
Do Until inFile.AtEndOfStream
'Read text file line by line and Split each line into 4 parts.
strInLine = Split(inFile.ReadLine, vbTab)
'Old File name
strOldFile = strInLine(3)
'new File name
strNewFile = strInLine(0)
'Loop through the files in the folder
For Each File In objFolder.Files
'If the file name matches the old file name above
If File.Name = strOldFile & ".dat" Then
'Replace it
File.Name = strNewFile & ".mpeg"
End If
Next
Loop
'Close the text reader
inFile.Close
MsgBox "Done."
'Read Excel file
Dim objFSO, objExl, objFolder, objWorkbook, strOldFile, strNewFile, intRow
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objExl = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
'Select the folder
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder("C:\Scripts\MusicFiles")
'Open the Excel file
Set objWorkbook = objExl.Workbooks.Open("C:\Scripts\MusicFiles.xls")
'Start at row 1
intRow = 1
'Read each Row until the end
Do Until objExl.Cells(intRow,1).Value = ""
'Old file name is in column 4
strOldFile = objExl.Cells(intRow, 4).Value
'New file name is in column 1
strNewFile = objExl.Cells(intRow, 1).Value
'Loop through each file in the selected folder
For Each File In objFolder.Files
'If the file name matches the old file name above
If File.Name = strOldFile & ".dat" Then
'Replace it
File.Name = strNewFile & ".mpeg"
End If
Next
'Increment each row
intRow = intRow + 1
Loop
'Close Excel
objExl.Quit
MsgBox "Done."
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Sedname - Batch rename files using sed

Renaming files using sed is nothing new, but this script makes the process a little more friendly and adds a few features, including insertion of sequential numbers and a simulation mode. The output of any find command can also be piped through sedname.
sedname version 1.0.0
Batch-renames files using a sed script
Usage: sedname [OPTIONS] SEDSCRIPT FILE ...
Usage: find [...] | sedname [OPTIONS] SEDSCRIPT
Example: sedname 's/$.*$\.jpg/\1.jpeg/' *.jpg
Example: find /mypics | sedname 's/$.*$\.jpg/\1.jpeg/'
OPTIONS:
--sim simulate only
--dir rename directories too
Use #D to insert a number with D digits forming a unique filename
Example: sedname 's/thisname.*/thatname#3/' *
( changes thisname* to thatname001, thatname002, ... )
Use #0 in replacement name to insert a number if needed
Example: sedname 's/thisname.*/thatname#0/' *
( changes thisname* to thatname, thatname1, thatname2, ... )
http://igurublog.wordpress.com/download … t-sedname/
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=37707

What does it have over zsh's zmv:
# Remove illegal characters in a fat32 file system. Illegal characters are
# / : ; * ? " < > |
# NOTE: ``-Q'' and (D) is to include hidden files.
$ unwanted='[:;*?\"<>|]'
$ zmv -Q "(**/)(*$~unwanted*)(D)" '$1${2//$~unwanted/}'
# Changing part of a filename (i. e. "file-hell.name" -> "file-heaven.name")
$ zmv '(*)hell(*)' '${1}heaven${2}'
# or
$ zmv '*' '$f:s/hell/heaven/'
# remove round bracket within filenames
# i. e. foo-(bar).avi -> foo-bar.avi
$ zmv '*' '${f//[()]/}'
# serially all files (foo.foo > 1.foo, fnord.foo > 2.foo, ..)
$ ls *
1.c asd.foo bla.foo fnord.foo foo.fnord foo.foo
$ c=1 zmv '*.foo' '$((c++)).foo'
$ ls *
1.c 1.foo 2.foo 3.foo 4.foo foo.fnord
# Rename "file.with.many.dots.txt" by substituting dots (exept for the last
# one!) with a space
$ touch {1..20}-file.with.many.dots.txt
$ zmv '(*.*)(.*)' '${1//./ }$2'
# Remove the first 4 chars from a filename
$ zmv -n '*' '$f[5,-1]' # NOTE: The "5" is NOT a mistake in writing!
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# dirnames as-is.
$ zmv -Qv '(**/)(*)(.D)' '$1${(L)2}'
# replace all 4th character, which is "1", with "2" and so on
$ zmv '(???)1(???[1-4].txt)' '${1}2${2}'
# Remove the first 15 characters from a string
$ touch 111111111111111{a-z}
$ zmv '*' '$f[16,-1]'
# Replace spaces (any number of them) with a single dash in file names
$ zmv -n '(**/)(* *)' '$1${2//( #-## #| ##)/-}'
# or - with Bash
$ find . -depth -name '* *' -exec bash -c '
> shopt -s extglob
> file=$1
> dir=${file%/*}
> name=${file##*/}
> newname=${name//*([ -]) *([ -])/-}
> mv -i -- "$file" "$Dir/$newname"' {} {} \;
# Clean up file names and remove special characters
$ zmv -n '(**/)(*)' '$1${2//[^A-Za-z0-9._]/_}'
# Add *.py to a bunch of python scripts in a directory (some of them end
# in *.py and give them all a proper extension
$ zmv -n '(**/)(con*)(#qe,file $REPLY | grep "python script",)' '$1$2.py'
# lowercase all extensions (i. e. *.JPG) incl. subfolders
$ zmv '(**/)(*).(#i)jpg' '$1$2.jpg'
# Or - without Zsh
$ find Dir -name '*.[jJ][pP][gG]' -print | while read f
> do
> case $f in
> *.jpg) ;
> *) mv "$f" "${f%.*}.jpg" ;
> esac
> done
# remove leading zeros from file extension
$ ls
filename.001 filename.003 filename.005 filename.007 filename.009
filename.002 filename.004 filename.006 filename.008 filename.010
$ zmv '(filename.)0##(?*)' '$1$2'
$ ls
filename.1 filename.10 filename.2 filename.3 filename.4 filename.5 ..
# renumber files.
$ ls *
foo_10.jpg foo_2.jpg foo_3.jpg foo_4.jpg foo_5.jpg foo_6.jpg ..
$ zmv -fQ 'foo_(<0->).jpg(.nOn)' 'foo_$(($1 + 1)).jpg'
$ ls *
foo_10.jpg foo_11.jpg foo_3.jpg foo_4.jpg foo_5.jpg ...
# adding leading zeros to a filename (1.jpg -> 001.jpg, ..
$ zmv '(<1->).jpg' '${(l:3::0:)1}.jpg'
# See above, but now only files with a filename >= 30 chars
$ c=1 zmv "${(l:30-4::?:)}*.foo" '$((c++)).foo'
# Replace spaces in filenames with a underline
$ zmv '* *' '$f:gs/ /_'
# Change the suffix from *.sh to *.pl
$ zmv -W '*.sh' '*.pl'
# Add a "".txt" extension to all the files within ${HOME}
# ``-.'' is to only rename regular files or symlinks to regular files,
# ``D'' is to also rename hidden files (dotfiles))
$ zmv -Q '/home/**/*(D-.)' '$f.txt'
# Or to only rename files that don't have an extension:
$ zmv -Q '/home/**/^?*.*(D-.)' '$f.txt'
# Recursively change filenames with characters ? [ ] / = + < > ; : " , - *
$ chars='[][?=+<>;",*-]'
$ zmv '(**/)(*)' '$1${2//$~chars/%}'
# Removing single quote from filenames (recursively)
$ zmv -Q "(**/)(*'*)(D)" "\$1\${2//'/}"
# When a new file arrives (named file.txt) rename all files in order to
# get (e. g. file119.txt becomes file120.txt, file118.txt becomes
# file119.txt and so on ending with file.txt becoming file1.txt
$ zmv -fQ 'file([0-9]##).txt(On)' 'file$(($1 + 1)).txt'
# lowercase/uppercase all files/directories
$ zmv '(*)' '${(L)1}' # lowercase
$ zmv '(*)' '${(U)1}' # uppercase
# Remove the suffix *.c from all C-Files
$ zmv '(*).c' '$1'
# Uppercase only the first letter of all *.mp3 - files
$ zmv '([a-z])(*).mp3' '${(C)1}$2.mp3'
# Copy the target `README' in same directory as each `Makefile'
$ zmv -C '(**/)Makefile' '${1}README'
# Removing single quote from filenames (recursively)
$ zmv -Q "(**/)(*'*)(D)" "\$1\${2//'/}"
# Rename pic1.jpg, pic2.jpg, .. to pic0001.jpg, pic0002.jpg, ..
$ zmv 'pic(*).jpg' 'pic${(l:4::0:)1}.jpg'
$ zmv '(**/)pic(*).jpg' '$1/pic${(l:4::0:)2}.jpg' # recursively
(from zsh-lovers)
Edit: tried it now, and had to remove this silly block to make it let me use alternate delimiters:
if [ "${sedscript:0:2}" != "s/" ]; then
echo "Invalid sed script: $sedscript" > /dev/stderr
exit 1
fi
Last edited by JohannesSM64 (2010-05-31 15:29:44)

Can't rename file with Applescript

Hi,
I'm a programmer but I'm new to Automator and Applescript. I am trying to rename pdf files based on a specific line of its content but I don't succeed. I created a service that exports the text from the pdf to a file. Then I use applescript to read that specific line from the file, then another applescript to rename the pdf to that string. Every step works except the rename part. When I tell Finder to rename the file it stops with the error: "The operation can't be completed because there is already an item with that name." This is not true, but I keep getting this error message no matter which file I try it with.
The odd thing is that if I set varName to some constant like
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What am I missing?

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