Re: getting a file list in sorted order
Re: getting a file list in sorted order
- Subject: Re: getting a file list in sorted order
- From: Nigel Garvey <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 18:34:05 +0100
Jim Brandt wrote on Sat, 17 Aug 2002 06:38:33 -0500:
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I've got a script that for the most part works well for me. The one
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thing I don't like about it has to do with the order of a list that
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is generated by the command:
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set theList to every item of alias source1 whose file type is "TEXT"
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This list of aliases is not sorted alphabetically as the file list
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would be shown in a list view.
The Finder has a 'sort' command:
tell application "Finder"
set theList to sort (every item of alias source1 whose file type is
"TEXT") by name
end tell
This just returns a sorted list. Neither the files themselves nor the
view in the folder's window is affected.
NG
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