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Re: Replace names of files in different folders
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Re: Replace names of files in different folders


  • Subject: Re: Replace names of files in different folders
  • From: has <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:01:37 +0100

 Jan Bultereys wrote:

>Hi does anyone have a better solution:

Not tested but should work:


set jobs_list to {¬
   {folder_name:"BELGIUM_NL", name_changes:{{"OG1H", "GW1W"}, {"OG2H", "GW2W"}}}, ¬
   {folder_name:"BELGIUM_FR", name_changes:{{"OG1H", "GF1F"}, {"OG2H", "GF2F"}}} ¬
      }

repeat with job_ref in jobs_list
   set source_folder to choose folder with prompt folder_name of job_ref
   rename_items_in_folder(source_folder, name_changes of job_ref)
end repeat

to rename_items_in_folder(the_folder, changes_list)
   tell application "Finder"
      --rename items in this folder
      repeat with item_ref in (get items of the_folder)
         set item_name to name of item_ref
         repeat with change_ref in changes_list
            set {search_string, replace_string} to change_ref
            if item_name contains search_string then
               set name of item_ref to ¬
                  my find_and_replace(item_name, search_string, replace_string)
               exit repeat
            end if
         end repeat
      end repeat
      --recursively rename items in any sub-folders
      repeat with sub_folder_ref in (get folders of the_folder)
         my rename_items_in_folder(sub_folder_ref, search_string, replace_string)
      end repeat
   end tell
end rename_items_in_folder

to find_and_replace(the_string, search_string, replace_string)
   set AppleScript's text item delimiters to search_string
   set temp_list to every text item of the_string
   set AppleScript's text item delimiters to replace_string
   set the_string to the temp_list as string
   set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
   return the_string
end find_and_replace


HTH

has

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