Good Evening! I have the following problem:
I have huge amount of Folders. The Folder Names very often include some string: (x21 AB), or (x 213 AB) or (x1130 AB) or any other combination (not more than 10 symbols between "()" totally). The key symbols are ( ) and AB. Any possibility to remove this via Name Mangler? I don't have experience to write the snippet, maybe somebody can help?
OK, given that info, try this:
-- select the top level folder
set base_folder to (choose folder)
tell application "Finder"
-- get a list of the folders in here
set folder_list to every folder of folder base_folder
-- iterate through them
repeat with each_folder in folder_list
-- get the current folder name
set fn to name of each_folder
-- does it contain the string we're looking for?
if (fn contains "(") and (fn contains "AB)") then
-- find the start
set i to offset of "(" in fn
-- and the end
set j to 3 + (offset of "AB)" in fn)
-- construct the new folder name without the (xxx AB) part
set new_name to characters 1 through (i - 1) of fn
if j < (count characters of fn) then
set new_name to new_name & (characters j through -1 of fn)
end if
-- and rename the folder
set name of each_folder to (new_name as text)
end if
end repeat
end tell
The comments should be self-explanatory, but let me know if you need help understanding the flow.
OK, given that info, try this:
-- select the top level folder
set base_folder to (choose folder)
tell application "Finder"
-- get a list of the folders in here
set folder_list to every folder of folder base_folder
-- iterate through them
repeat with each_folder in folder_list
-- get the current folder name
set fn to name of each_folder
-- does it contain the string we're looking for?
if (fn contains "(") and (fn contains "AB)") then
-- find the start
set i to offset of "(" in fn
-- and the end
set j to 3 + (offset of "AB)" in fn)
-- construct the new folder name without the (xxx AB) part
set new_name to characters 1 through (i - 1) of fn
if j < (count characters of fn) then
set new_name to new_name & (characters j through -1 of fn)
end if
-- and rename the folder
set name of each_folder to (new_name as text)
end if
end repeat
end tell
The comments should be self-explanatory, but let me know if you need help understanding the flow.
The general concept is pretty straightforward, but there are a number of questions here.
Are all these folders in the same folder? or spread around the disk?
Are they all at the same level, or do you need to dig through multiple levels of folders to find them all?
Where in the name does the relevant string appear? the beginning? the end? in the middle? random?
Are there any cases where either "(", ")", or "AB" appear that you do NOT want to remove?
These are important because they affect how much effort needs to go into the script.
Thanks for very quick response...
All these folders located in one folder.
All are the same level
The string normaly appear at the end
Every string with (*******AB) should be removed (including the key symbols)
Works without any issues. Thank You very much...
Remove part of folder name
