Re: Replacing a character in a filename?
Re: Replacing a character in a filename?
- Subject: Re: Replacing a character in a filename?
- From: Michael Turner <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 10:13:58 -0400
T.J.
What a coincidence, I was just about to write a similar script.
I see the problem here: you are re-defining the _variable_ "theSpace" to a
new value, not the character in the file name, which would remain unchanged.
I recommend you try a technique involving finding the 'offset' of the
character that matches the variable, then change the character in that
offset position to whatever you wish.
Good luck,
/Michael
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From: "T.J. Mahaffey" <email@hidden>
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Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 08:59:58 -0500
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To: <email@hidden>
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Subject: Replacing a character in a filename?
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Hi, folks!
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I was hoping someone could give me a nudge with this:
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on open theFiles
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set theSpace to " " as text
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repeat with thisFile in theFiles
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if name of thisFile contains theSpace then
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set theSpace to "_" as text
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end if
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end repeat
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end open
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I'd like my script to find spaces in a file name and replace them with
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underscores. Of course, this doesn't work in it's current form. could
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someone give me a hint, but not a complete script? I need to learn here. ;)
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T.J. Mahaffey
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