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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: Jan Bultereys <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:16:02 +0200
  • Thread-topic: Replace names of files in different folders

Thanks has,

How do I select the "fixed" folder?
I don't want a "choose folder" dialog...

This should be the "source folders":
set the BELGIUM_FR to "FileTransfer_BEL:EUROPEAN_PAGES:BELGIUM_FR:" as alias
set the BELGIUM_NL to "FileTransfer_BEL:EUROPEAN_PAGES:BELGIUM_NL:" as alias

Already many thanks for your input
jan


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