File Extension in AppleScript

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JoshFree Author

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File Extension in AppleScript

Hey all,

Looking to create a simple script to move selected files to certain place around the computer.

I've got it working to were it moves the files in this example:

every file of desktop whose name extension is "mov" or name extension is "mp4" etc... and so on.

I just was wondering if there's a way to set an object

to all of those name extension I wish to include

and write the aforementioned code above to simply:

set VidExtension to ("mov","mp4"....etc)

every file of desktop whose name extension is vidExtensions

Mac mini, Other OS, 10.8.3

Posted on Feb 18, 2013 12:50 PM

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Answer 1

twtwtw

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Feb 18, 2013 1:20 PM in response to JoshFree

you can do that in the Finder like so:

set VidExtension to {"mov", "mp4"}

tell application "Finder"

(files of folder "hd:users:yourname:…" where name extension is in VidExtension) as alias list

end tell

For some reason that doesn't work when using System Events...

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Answer 2

JoshFree Author

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Feb 18, 2013 3:03 PM in response to twtwtw

Thanks twtwtw,

I had something similar but was still throwing issues.

instead of set vidExt, I was using property vidExt: {"stuff"}

Thanks that helped a bit 🙂

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Answer 3

JoshFree Author

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Feb 18, 2013 4:40 PM in response to JoshFree

For others if they would like to see:

set audEXT to {"mp4", "m4a", "mp3", "aif", "aiff", "wav", "m4r"}

property FoldersToMake : {"AUDIO", "VIDEOS", "Python workspace", "Documents", "PHOTOS", "Quartz Compositions", "Other"}

tell application "Finder"

repeat with newFolder in FoldersToMake

try

make new folder of folder "CleanUP" with properties {name:"" & newFolder & ""}

end try

end repeat

end tell

move (every file of desktop whose name extension is in audEXT) to the folder "AUDIO" of folder "Stuff"

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