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