List all files in a folder

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List all files in a folder

This is probably pretty simple but I cant seem to get my head round it. I am trying to use applescript to get a list of all the files in a folder. Can anyone help me here

thanks

Don

Xserve, Powerbook g4, g5, Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on Jun 26, 2006 4:19 AM

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Michael Henley

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Jun 26, 2006 4:40 AM in response to Donald Collier1

If you want a list of plain-text ¹ filenames use…
list folder (choose folder)
or
list folder some_alias

If you want a list of Finder references…
tell app "Finder" to get items of (choose folder)
or
tell app "Finder" to get items of some_alias

<hr> ¹You could then format these into a plain-text list, if that's what you're after. But remember that the Finder already supports this by copying a selection of files and pasting them to, say, a TextEdit document. Dragging and dropping a selection on a TextEdit document will include the full POSIX-style path for each file.

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Answer 2

HD

Level 5

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Jun 26, 2006 4:35 AM in response to Donald Collier1

Hi Don,

set the_files to (list folder (choose folder) without invisibles)

will give you a list of all the names of files in the folder you choose.

Tell application "Finder" to set the_files to get every file of folder (choose folder)

will give you a list of full Finder references.

Cheers,

H

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