Comments on: Help me batch process files and folders with Applescript

Question: Help me batch process files and folders with Applescript

40 Watt — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:01:04 -0800

I have a folder of about two thousand .png files. For each file, I need to (1)create a new folder named the same as the currently selected file(minus the extension), and (2)move the file into its eponymous folder. How can I accomplish this using Applescript?

By: 40 Watt

40 Watt — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:03:07 -0800

I'm kinda new to Applescript, although I've used it for some minor tasks. I'm able to make a folder but I can't figure out the syntax to copy the name from the current file to the folder.

By: flabdablet

flabdablet — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:10:37 -0800

Can't help you with the Applescript, but if you open a terminal you should be able to do this with bash:



for f in *.png; do mkdir "${f%.png}"; mv "$f" "${f%.png}"; done

By: 40 Watt

40 Watt — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:33:33 -0800

See, this is why I freakin' love AskMe. Here I was trying to make it all complicated-like. Thanks, flabdablet!

By: limon

limon — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:48:53 -0800

flabdablet, that was hot.

By: 40 Watt

40 Watt — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:52:54 -0800

agreed. I'm all tingly.

By: chrisamiller

chrisamiller — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:59:59 -0800

flabdablet, that was hot.

Bash scripting for fun and (sexual?) profit

By: flabdablet

flabdablet — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:20:51 -0800

Drunk with unexpected kudos, the lad immediately descends into showing off... here's the Windows XP cmd equivalent:



for %F in (*.png) do (

mkdir "%~nF"

move "%~F" "%~nF"

)

Yes, it does need to be entered as multiple lines, and if you put this in a batch file, use %% instead of % throughout.