Using AppleScript to rename file as current date
Hi, I created a script to record a radio show on a daily basis.
I would like apple script to set the name of the files as the day´s date.
any help would be appreciated,
Thank you very much
Once you've got a file name and path in the Finder, you can use this:
tell application "Finder"
set name of file "path:to:file" to (month of (current date)) & " " & day of (current date) & ", " & year of (current date) as string
end tell
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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 !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
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"project-test.info.jpg"
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and repace these symbols with another one like "_"
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"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
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"project_test_information.jpg"
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Bursting - Rename Files to current XML Data
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public void afterProcessDocument(int requestIndex, int documentIndex, Vector documentOutputs) {
String outFileName = (String)documentOutputs.get(0);
File newFile;
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I'm trying to rename a file as from file.mov to "current date-current time"movie.mov, So the final product should be something along the lines of 08-18-08-12:59:08movie.mov (or whatever format the current date/time is in osx). Any ideas on how I would go about this? Thanks again!Hello Vb,
This script *shows the created date of a file*. Maybe you can do something with it. With a small change it get the date from the finder add adds it to the file.
set selectedFile to (choose file)
tell application "Finder"
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end tell
display dialog "That file was last modified on: " & modDate
This scripts shows *how long ago the file was created*:
--Part 1:
set selectedFile to (choose file)
tell application "Finder"
set modDate to the modification date of selectedFile
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set curDate to the current date
--Part 3:
if (the year of modDate) ≠ (the year of curDate) then
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display dialog "The file was changed " & ageInYears & " years ago."
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display dialog "The file was changed " & ageInMonths & "months ago."
--Part 5
else
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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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I am not sure if this is possible but...
When a file is added to a particular folder, I need this file to be renamed. Either to the current time, creation time, or preferrably to the exif data (they are digital images).
Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, in advance.
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Using AppleScript to sort files Into Specified Folders based on Extension
Hi All!
Here is what I am trying to figure out. I would love some help with this script if anyone can lend a helping hand. I am currently using Hazel to do this but I think AppleScript will be alot more effective.
Situation:
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- These files need to be organized in this folder structure Captureone > Cache > Proxies
> Settings50
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I'm already using an AppleScript application where it automatically creates the folder structure in the current finder location, which works great. I use a program named Hazel to sort the files automatically into the folders where they need to go. Unfortunately all my computers at work don't have Hazel and I would like help to make a script. Any thoughts to add to my existing script?
# define a list of folders - items will need to be quoted if they contain spaces, etc.
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try
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on error -- no window
set targetFolder to (choose folder)
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do shell script "cd " & quoted form of POSIX path of targetFolder & "; mkdir -p " & theFoldersHi,
applescript_problems wrote:
for example:
master folder name: 1
sub folder path: 1>2>3>4>5
insdie folder 5 theirs 3 folders: 5a, 5b, 5c
i want to name my files like so: "name_5a" "name_5b" "name_5c
i want the scrip to pick up all the files that ends with the name "_5a" and place them in folder 5a
I presume that the files are in the master folder not in the subFolders, that the files has an name extension.
This script take the first two characters after the last underscore.
It will move the file in the subfolder, according to the two characters found.
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set tName to name of tFile
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if subname is not "" then
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end tell
end if
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on getChar_1_2AfterLastUnderscore(t)
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set oTID to text item delimiters
set text item delimiters to "_"
set t to text 1 thru 2 of last text item of t
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How can i use automator to rename files erasing first 3 digits of their name?
Actually in the files i am trying to rename the first 2 digits are numbers then space and then there is the file name i want to use. Hope this helps.
Open the AppleScript Editor in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and paste in the following text:
tell application "Finder"
set the_items to items of window 1
repeat with this_item in the_items
set name of this_item to (items 4 thru -1 of (get name of this_item)) as string
end repeat
end tell
Navigate to the folder containing those files in the Finder and run the script.
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Automator/Applescript to Rename files when dropped in folder based on parent folder name
When a file is dropped in a folder ( ParentFolder/Folder/File.pdf )
I want to rename the file to ParentFolder_Folder_01.pdf
--Get folder
--Get ParentFolder
--Check for next available number and use it.
If ParentFolder_Folder_01.pdf exists, try _02
I automator, I have chosen folder action
Added 'Get selected finder items'
I have attempted to modify another sript I found here to no avail.
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Finder"
set theFolder to input as string
set theNameOfFolder to name of folder theFolder
set theFiles to every file in folder theFolder
set theFolders to every folder in folder theFolder
my ProcessFiles(theNameOfFolder, theFiles)
my ProcessFolders(theFolders)
end tell
end run
to ProcessFolders(theFolders)
tell application "Finder"
repeat with thisFolder in theFolders
set theNameOfFolder to name of thisFolder
set theFiles to every file in thisFolder
set theFolders to every folder in thisFolder
my ProcessFiles(theNameOfFolder, theFiles)
my ProcessFolders(thisFolder)
end repeat
end tell
end ProcessFolders
to ProcessFiles(NameOfOuterFolder, theFiles)
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repeat with thisFile in theFiles
set theSuffix to my grabSuffixOfFile(name of thisFile)
set name of thisFile to NameOfOuterFolder & "_" & theSuffix
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end tell
end ProcessFiles
to grabSuffixOfFile(theFile)
set text item delimiters to "_"
return (text item 2 of theFile)
set text item delimiters to ""
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set output to {} -- the result to pass on to the next action
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set grandParentName to name of container of itemParent
set parentName to name of itemParent
set newName to grandParentName & divider & parentName & divider & counter
set documentNames to my getExistingNames(itemParent)
repeat while newName is in documentNames -- increment counter suffix as needed
set counter to text -2 thru -1 of ("0" & (counter + 1))
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end repeat
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to getExistingNames(someFolder) -- get base document names (no extensions) from a folder
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Use Applescript to find files with certain conditions
I am using a tool to batch convert audio files in APE format to MP3. I have thousands of files located in hundreds of folders and subfolders in my hard drive so I searched for all APE/FLAC files and then dragged and dropped them in the tool for conversion. The problem is I was not able to convert all the files successfully for a variety of reasons (original APE files are corrupt, etc.), as a result I was left with a situation where some of the folders have files convernted (both APE and MP3 in that folder) whereas others don't (APE only). Instead of manually go to each folder and subfolder to find which ones need me to convert is there an Applescript I can use to quickly list the APE files that have not been converted?
Hello
You may try the following shell script. Please specify DIR as the root directory to start searching. It will create output list named no_mp3_list.txt on desktop.
#!/bin/bash
# list every *.ape file which has no corresponding *.mp3 file in the same directory
# * name matching is done in case-insensitive fashion
DIR=~/Desktop/test # root directory to start scanning
OUT=~/Desktop/no_mp3_list.txt # output file
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done < <(find "$DIR" -iname '*.ape' -print0)
And in case, here's a simple AppleScript wrapper for the above, which lets you choose the root directory.
set f to (choose folder with prompt "choose root folder to start searching")'s POSIX path
if f ends with "/" then set f to f's text 1 thru -2
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# list every *.ape file which has no corresponding *.mp3 file in the same directory
# * name matching is done in case-insensitive fashion
DIR=\"$1\" # root directory to start searching
OUT=~/Desktop/no_mp3_list.txt # output file
shopt -s nocasematch
while read -d $'\\0' f
do
[[ -e \"${f:0:${#f}-3}mp3\" ]] || echo \"$f\" >> \"$OUT\"
done < <(find \"$DIR\" -iname '*.ape' -print0)
EOF"
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Using Express Write LabVIEW File to store data in subprogram doesn't overwrite.
The main program is an Event Structure that controls four other subprograms. In the subprograms the data is stored in the express IV Write LabVIEW Measurement File set up to overwrite the collected data. When the subprogram is stopped with the main still open, then restarted, the file is appended not overwritten. It appends where the last time the previous file was stopped.
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Daily backup file with the date in the filename
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Can some one help me on this?
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end backupFileToFolderBut adding the date in the filename doesn't work for me.
Might help if you showed how you were trying to add the date.
That said, it shouldn't be hard to do. There are several ways of getting the date in the format you want, either via AppleScript or a simple shell command:
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on getDay(theDate)
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end getDay
on getYear(theDate)
set cY to year of theDate as text
return text -2 through -1 of cY
end getYear
Note this is a little more verbose than it needs to be, but it has the flexibility of formatting each date element (year, month, day) as you like.
If you want a shell version:
set dateStr to do shell script "date +%y-%d-%m"
Now you have the dateStr with the date you want, so it's easy to rename the file.
Just replace your duplicate command with the following:
set backupFile to duplicate startFile to folder targetFolder
set n to name of backupFile -- get the current file name
set nE to name extension of backupFile -- get its filename extension
set baseName to text 1 through (-1 + (length of nE)) of n -- work out the name without the extension
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How to use Applescript to print out a certain calendar at 7am every morning?
Hey guys,
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I have come up with this so far:
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keystroke "p" using command down
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The problem with this is that it will print out whatever calendars are currently viewable. I can't figure out how to tell it to deselect other calendars and just select the one I want. I also want to tell it to print this out at 7am every morning.
Any help would be very appreciated!If you wanted to do the printout over multiple days, you would be best to loop through each day's events in the way the current script does, but to put a new loop around it that gets each new day's data:
--opens a temporary file
set fileRef to open for access ((path to desktop) as string) & "meetings.txt" with write permission
--effectively empties the file
set eof fileRef to 0
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set dayCount to 9 --this will be the number of days to look forward (not including today)
repeat with currentDay from 0 to dayCount
set startList to {}
--get's today's date
--set startRange to ((current date) + 12 * days) -- I used this for testing, to point to a day that had many appointments. I've left it so you can use it, too.
set startRange to ((current date) + (currentDay * days))
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set hours of startRange to 0
set minutes of startRange to 0
set seconds of startRange to 0
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set endRange to (startRange + 1 * days)
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set todaysEvents to get (events of calendar "My Appointments" whose (start date is greater than startRange) and (end date is less than endRange))
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repeat with theEvent in todaysEvents
set end of startList to {startdate:start date of theEvent, eventID:theEvent}
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repeat with i from 1 to (count of startList) - 1
repeat with j from i + 1 to count of startList
if startdate of item j of startList < startdate of item i of startList then
set temp to item i of startList
set item i of startList to item j of startList
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--empty the original list
set todaysEvents to {}
--repopulate the list in correct chronological order
repeat with theEvent in startList
set end of todaysEvents to eventID of theEvent
end repeat
--write today's date to the file
write (date string of startRange & return & return) to fileRef
--if there are no events, write this to the file as well
if length of todaysEvents is 0 then
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repeat with theEvent in todaysEvents
set startdate to start date of theEvent
set enddate to end date of theEvent
set startHours to hours of startdate as string
if length of startHours is 1 then set startHours to "0" & startHours
set startMins to minutes of startdate as string
if length of startMins is 1 then set startMins to "0" & startMins
set starttime to startHours & ":" & startMins
set endHours to hours of enddate as string
if length of endHours is 1 then set endHours to "0" & endHours
set endMins to minutes of enddate as string
if length of endMins is 1 then set endMins to "0" & endMins
set endTime to endHours & ":" & endMins
--write the event to the file
set theSummary to (starttime & "-" & endTime & return & summary of theEvent & return & return) as string
write theSummary to fileRef
end repeat
end if
write return to fileRef
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end tell
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Problem using read from spreadsheet file and polar plotting
Hi to all labview users,
i am a beginner in labview and i am trying to do a polar plot.
i read the polar plotting example in labview and it was straightforward.
I used "write to spreadsheet file" to gather data.
and they are in the following format
13 10
4 20
8 30
....etc
now. i tried using "read from spreadfile" to get the data into a array, then using "array to cluster" to convert the array into cluster, so i could connect it to the polar plot block
however, it kept saying i couldnt connect that way, because polar plot uses 1-d array with cluster of 2 element and my source is a cluster of 9 elements....
but doesnt the "read from spreadfile" block give me a 1-d array? and where does that 9 come from? i only have 3 rows and 2 columns in my data file....
any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
thx alot
Happy guy
~ currently final year undergraduate in Electrical Engr. Graduating soon! Yes!
~ currently looking for jobs : any position related to engineering, labview, programming, tech support would be great.
~ humber learner of LabVIEW lvl: beginner-intermediateHelllo,
I've made an example to try to help you with that question.
Notes:
- the file must have values separeted by tab
- reading the values from file as you mentioned using "read from spreadfile" you'll get a 2D array and not 1D;
Software developer
www.mcm-electronics.com
PS: Don't forget to rate a good anwser ; )
Currently using Labview 2011
PORTUGAL
Attachments:
Read Table and plot polar graph.vi 26 KB
teste.txt 1 KB
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User exit for controling header and item division
Hi all, Currently there is restriction in sales document for header division and item division i.e. if header division is 10 then it is not accepting the products of division 20, 30, 40, 50 at item level. If the restriction is removed then it will al