Re: Getting a subset list of files
Re: Getting a subset list of files
- Subject: Re: Getting a subset list of files
- From: Doug McNutt <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2011 08:40:52 -0600
At 08:13 -0500 4/2/11, Jim Brandt wrote:
I have a need to get a list of files from a folder that has a lot of files in it (currently over 3900). The subset is defined by the first piece of the file name. So to test this, I put together this snippet of code:
set Originals to "HD1:InfoMac:*Orginals:"
set MacD to "MACSCRPT Digest " & (do shell script ("date \"+%Y\"") as text)
tell application "Finder" to set OrgList to every file of folder Originals whose name begins with MacD
display dialog (count of OrgList) as text
Currently there are 23 files that meet this criteria.
In a shell
cd PathToYourDirectory
MacD="MACSCRPT Digest"`date "+%Y"`
ls $MacD*
Those are back ticks in the second line.
Do you need a new data for every digest? Storing it as a variable before you start might make it look better.
cd PathToYourDirectory
Today=`date "+%Y"`
MacD="MACSCRPT Digest"
ls $MacD$Today*
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