Applescript Help - Add folder name to contents

Something like the following should do it:

settheinputto (choose filewithmultiple selections allowed)

tellapplication"Finder"

repeatwithanItemintheinput

setprefixtonameofcontainerofanItem

setnameofanItemtoprefix & "-" & nameofanItem

endrepeat

endtell

You can also paste just the Finder tell block into an Automator Run AppleScript action to use it in a service workflow.

For an Automator Service (where the workflow can be chosen after right-clicking on some items in the Finder), paste the Finder statement into the Run AppleScript action where it says

(* Your script goes here *)

The workflow would look something like:

Actually, to make it a bit more robust you can change the script to

tellapplication"Finder"

repeatwithanItemintheinput

set prefix to (name of container of anItem) & "-"

settheNametonameofanItem

iftheNamedoes notstart withprefixthen-- already prefixed

setnameofanItemtoprefix & theName

endif

endrepeat

endtell

That way it won't add a prefix if there already is one.