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Re: Replacing characters in filenames
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Re: Replacing characters in filenames


  • Subject: Re: Replacing characters in filenames
  • From: Yosemite <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:58:27 -0900

set fName to "this has a space"
set fName to munge fName from " " to "_" -- requires Akua


-- hcir
mailto:email@hidden

> Okay, so I'm kinda new to this whole Applescript thing, too, but I've tried
> everything I can think of & can't seem to figure this one out:
>
> Is there an easy way to change characters in file names? Specifically, I'm
> trying to write a droplet that will replace spaces in file names with
> underscores. (Goddamn internet!)
>
> I've looked through everything I can find, (& tried many different things)
> but no luck for me.
> " " is ASCII character 32
> "_" is ASCII character 95
>
> Here's what I've got:
>
> on open (TestFile)
> set fileName to every character of (name of (info for alias (TestFile as
> string)))
> if fileName contains " " then
> beep
> display dialog "Yup, it's got a space, now what?" giving up after 3
> end if
> end open
>
>
> Any suggestions?


References: 
 >Replacing characters in filenames (From: Peter Huxmann <email@hidden>)

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