Wild cards in Replace text in File names

Hi all,
Is there a way to use wildcards in the Automator action to replace text in file names.
Thanks
Ro

No - the *Rename Finder Items* action does not accept variables or wildcard characters. You can use a *Run Shell Script* action if you are familiar with that kind of thing, and I have an action that will replace a substring that is delimited by the specified text or numerical index, if that would work (it is available here).

Similar Messages

How to display korean text in file name

Hi, I want to know how to make my system recognize and display Korean text in file names and such. My mp3 files are all a bunch of gibberish and they display that way in the itunes as well; the title, artist, and everything else.
How can I fix this?

Thanks. I tried that but the application wouldn't save any of the files for some reason.
But it made me look for something else. In iTunes, I selected the song and right clicked, selected Convert ID3 Tags-->Reverse Unicode. Then it went to Chinese I think. I did the same thing again and it finally went to Korean.

When someone other than myself downloads an image from my web album, a dynamically generated file name replaces the original file name. How I can prevent the original file name being replaced during the downloading process?

When someone other than myself downloads an image from my web album, a dynamically generated file name replaces the original file name. How I can prevent the file name being changed during this downloading process?

Hi Glenyse,
Here are my steps.
1. I upload multiple image (jpg) files onto my photo album.
2. I select the "sharing" by email option for this album.
3. I enter the recipient's email address.
4. The recipient receives my message and clicks on the link.
5. The recipient accesses my photo album and clicks on one of the images.
6. The image opens up to its own screen.
7. The recipient selects the "download" and then save file option.
Here is the part I do not understand. For some reason, during this "download" process, the original name which I have given to the file is replaced by different name. So I was hoping that someone knows how to prevent the file name from being changed during the "download and save" process.
Much appreciated if you can help me find a solution to this problem.
Mary

Find and replace characters in file names

I need to transfer much of my user folder (home) to a non-mac computer. My problem is that I have become too used to the generous file name allowances on the Mac. Many of my files have characters such as "*" "!" "?" and "|". I know these are problems because they are often wild cards (except the pipe). Is there a way that I can do a find and replace for these characters?
For example, search for all files with an "*" and replace the "*" in the file name with an "@" or a letter? I don't mind having to use the terminal for this (I suspect it will be easier).
Is this possible? Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to provide.
Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Yep.
"A Better Finder Rename" is great for batch file renaming.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11366
Renamer4mac may be all you need.
Best check out VersionTracker. In fact everybody should have this site bookmarked and visited daily.
http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/

Flash text "Invalid file name" error in Dreamweaver

I'm trying to create some flash text in Dreamweaver. But
after I've formatted the text in the dialog box and hit save, I get
the message "invalid file name" for my top.swf name. Can't figure
out why I'm getting the message, and it's not working. Anyone???
Working on this for a class and need to get my assignment done!
Thanks in advance!

> Too funny, thanks for the laugh. The name I'm trying to
save it as is top.swf.
> trying to create a "Top of page" navigation spot at the
bottom of my page.
> I've given up!
I'm guessing there is a "funky" character in the hd name or
in the path down
to the "local site folder"
please do this:
open a new file using File->New
--->do not save this file<---
type some text, select it, and make a link to something in
this site using
the property inspector folder icon to bring up the "browse to
file" dialog
box.
view source, copy that link, and paste into your reply.
Alan
Adobe Community Expert, dreamweaver
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/

Find and Replace text in files

Is there a function that will find and replace a word in a few text files at once. E.G replace the word database1 with database2 without going into each script individually and doing and search and replace.

Andrew, you are being so cruel, hardnuts indeed ;)
I won't mention any names, but at least it's not as cruel as some people saying “You may read DBMS_STATS package specification, at least, to get details, if you're too lazy to read manuals.”
Personally I prefer to use a development tool (TOAD, Pl/Sql Developer) instead of a Text type editor.

Search and Replace text in file using PowerShell

I want to schedule a script in PowerShell to search a directory for an XML file for a particular text string and replace it with a different text string and then save the file with the same name, the name of the file
will change each time the script is run on a daily basis. There will only be one XML file in the location when the scheduled script is run.
I have never used PowerShell but am familiar with batch file commands, can anyone please help!!
KevinS

Hi Kevin,
I’m writing to just check in to see if the suggestions were
helpful. If you need further help, please feel free to reply this post directly so we will be notified to follow it up.
If you have any feedback on our support, please
click here.
Best Regards,
Anna
TechNet Community Support

Replace text on files using automator

Hi
On an older (recently replaced Mac 10.4 etc) I used to be able to use Applescript to change the name of files within a folder very easily.
Is there an easy way to do the same using Automator?
This is used a lot during a normal day and would be very helpful. I haven't used Automator much, work keeps getting in the way!!
Thanks for any help.
M

Your Applescript should still work, although it might need some modification.
I haven't tried these.
Automator Script to Rename Files
Automator Script to Rename Files (2)

Problem with replace text in file

Hi!
I have some file (*.txt) and I want to replace some strings in this file, which are stay in different positions in the file. How I can do this?
My code is:
1String fileName = filePath + File.separator + "text.txt";
2.FileWriter fileWriter = new FileWriter(fileName, true);
3 BufferedWriter bufferedWriter = new BufferedWriter(fileWriter);
4. bufferedWriter.write(replaceString, findPos, replaceString.length());
5. bufferedWriter.close();
but it's not work. If I change 4 row to
bufferedWriter.write(replaceString) the replace string append to end of file.
Thank you.

You have to use RandomAccessFile if you want to overwrite some text in a file. With that class you can place the file pointer anywhere you want, and write from there.
The FileWriter and FileOutputStream can only append to a file.

Is it possible to replace \ in a file name with \\

String FileS = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Please enter path to file:", "Getting Pathname", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
String FileP = FileS.replaceAll("\","\\");
This is what I have how can I get it to work?

\ is the escape character.String FileP = FileS.replaceAll("\\","\\\\");

Why in Lion can't I make Finder Scripts work e.g. replace text in item names?

I'm trying to manage folders and file in Finder, and I can't get the scripts to work. Do I need to update them? Do I need to ensure they are in the correct folders in the correct library? I've put some effort in to this, but no joy, any advice appreciated. Has anybody else found problems with other scripts?
J

Ah, I think I've found the solution - I need to use Finder in Columns view, not Browser et.al. Grrr, Apple eccentricities, eh?

Batch Rename: replace text option

Batch rename is great if one wants to add text, change extension, add a serial number, metadata etc. BUT! what about replacing text? I've gotta jump from Bridge to Finder and an Automator workflow action to replace text in file names or just trim part of a file name. This doesn't make for a good workflow.
Anybody else feel the frustration?

Hello,
I was trying this link to check out your solution and I can seem to get the link to work.
http://photoshoptechniques.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28609
Do you still have a solution to this problem? I would appreciate any help you could give. Thanks.

How to add new text and an empty space before a file name with Automator

I can create a new service to add to multiple files some text before the file name but I need to add even an empty space; e.g. file name original becomes: new text(space)file name original. The aim is to add this text and space to multiple files.
I hope to be understood. Please can somebody help me?
Thanks

This is an old Apple-supplied AppleScript that will do the job.
IMPORTANT: note the conditions of use: it will choose the frontmost Finder window to operate on. Therefore, open the folder you want to change the names of and make it the front finder window BEFORE running the script.
Add to File Names
This script is designed to add a prefix or suffix to files in the front window of the desktop.
If no folder windows are open, the script will affect items on the desktop.
Copyright © 2001–2007 Apple Inc.
You may incorporate this Apple sample code into your program(s) without
restriction. This Apple sample code has been provided "AS IS" and the
responsibility for its operation is yours. You are not permitted to
redistribute this Apple sample code as "Apple sample code" after having
made changes. If you're going to redistribute the code, we require
that you make it clear that the code was descended from Apple sample
code, but that you've made changes.
--March 2014: Changes by Phil Stokes to make the script work on 10.9
--these changes are simply reversing the order of parameters in the lines that have "copy" in them
-- The following line is disabled due to a Menu Manager bug
--set the source_folder to (choose folder with prompt "Pick the folder containing the files to rename:")
try
          tell application "Finder" to set the source_folder to (folder of the front window) as alias
on error -- no open folder windows
          set the source_folder to path to desktop folder as alias
end try
set the prefix_or_suffix to ""
repeat
          display dialog "Enter the prefix or suffix to use:" default answer the prefix_or_suffix buttons {"Cancel", "Prefix", "Suffix"}
          copy the result as list to {button_pressed, prefix_or_suffix}
          if the prefix_or_suffix is not "" then exit repeat
end repeat
set the item_list to list folder source_folder without invisibles
set source_folder to source_folder as string
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in the item_list
          set this_item to item i of the item_list
          set this_item to (source_folder & this_item) as alias
          set this_info to info for this_item
          set the current_name to the name of this_info
          if folder of this_info is false and ¬
                    alias of this_info is false then
                    if the button_pressed is "Prefix" then
                              set the new_file_name to the (the prefix_or_suffix & the current_name) as string
                    else
                              set the new_file_name to the (the current_name & the prefix_or_suffix) as string
                    end if
                    my set_item_name(this_item, the new_file_name)
          end if
end repeat
beep 2
on set_item_name(this_item, new_item_name)
          tell application "Finder"
--activate
                    set the parent_container_path to (the container of this_item) as text
                    if not (exists item (the parent_container_path & new_item_name)) then
                              try
                                        set the name of this_item to new_item_name
                              on error the error_message number the error_number
                                        if the error_number is -59 then
                                                  set the error_message to "This name contains improper characters, such as a colon (:)."
                                        else --the suggested name is too long
                                                  set the error_message to error_message -- "The name is more than 31 characters long."
                                        end if
--beep
                                        tell me to display dialog the error_message default answer new_item_name buttons {"Cancel", "Skip", "OK"} default button 3
                                        copy the result as list to {button_pressed, new_item_name}
                                        if the button_pressed is "Skip" then return 0
                                        my set_item_name(this_item, new_item_name)
                              end try
                    else --the name already exists
--beep
                              tell me to display dialog "This name is already taken, please rename." default answer new_item_name buttons {"Cancel", "Skip", "OK"} default button 3
                              copy the result as list to {button_pressed, new_item_name}
                              if the button_pressed is "Skip" then return 0
                              my set_item_name(this_item, new_item_name)
                    end if
          end tell
end set_item_name

Preventing file extensions being added to variable text (File Name)-

…when one imports one INDD file (v5 or 6) into another. We have the variable text specifications set to exclude file extensions. The .indd does not publish in the originating document.
We use INDD import and the text variable "File Name" quite a lot.
TIA-
-Todd

I think he's saying that when you open an ID doc, the filename variabe inside can be set to report just the name, but when you import that same doc into another ID doc, the filename variable shows the ".indd" extension.
EDIT: Yes, that is (stupidly) how it seems to work. No idea how to fix it though. Suspect Adobe has to issue an update.

ITunes 9.0.2. replaced song titles with file names

I just updated iTunes to 9.0.2. When iTunes was restarted, it went through quite a long time updating my library. Then, I found the titles of some songs were replaced with their file names. This is not nice! Does anybody else have the same problem?

Did you somehow solve the problem? I have the same problem ...

Wild cards in Replace text in File names

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for