Re: file name mutations
Re: file name mutations
- Subject: Re: file name mutations
- From: "Marc K. Myers" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 02:22:17 -0400
- Organization: [very little]
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Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 13:18:50 +1200
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Subject: file name mutations
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From: Andrew Simpson <email@hidden>
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To: <email@hidden>
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can somebody tell me how i would do the following...
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check for file names with the following name convention:
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file name = nz1711jr-11028812.eps
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sometext-six digit number plus incrementer.
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and convert the file name to the following:
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file name = 11028812.eps
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ie chop the front off to the hyphen.
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i'm sure its quite easy to those in the know but i haven't got my head
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around the whole text manipulation routines as i'm used to VB with all the
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functions built in.
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split it and right it and away we go...
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any help appreciated.
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Andrew.
set fileName to "nz1711jr-11028812.eps"
set fileName to text -12 thru -1 of fileName -- last 12 characters
-->"11028812.eps"
or
set fileName to "nz1711jr-11028812.eps"
set od to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {"-"}
set fileName to text item 2 of fileName -- everything after the dash
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to od
fileName
-->"11028812.eps"
Marc K. Myers <email@hidden>
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