Apple Script to rename images using CSV file

Tony,

Same thing again, runs script and no results...

And this is a plain text file? (In TextEdit Format->Make Plain Text)

Worked beautifully!

Again thank you very much Tony! I really appreciate your help and it makes things a lot easier for me!!!

I tried new .csv file it was same results. I tried adding the echo command and I am not getting any debug files. Should look like this?

I am trying to follow the bash script, but I can see right now that there will be an issue because the folders are on my desktop not in my documents folder... that would make a difference yes?

awesome... The first line went.. Now when I try my other CSV file with the whole batch it is not moving on to the next record. none of the other files are renamed.

Jon

Fyi I had to SUDO to make the command work. is that normal? or could that be the problem as well?

Bingo! Got it..... Wow I would have never worked through that without your willingness to help.... This will be extremely helpful for me.

Jon

Glad it worked 😎

What do I need to change to make this work with a tab delimited file?

To work with a tab delimited file, change:

OldImageName=${line%,*}

NewImageName=${line#*,}

to:

OldImageName=${line%$'\t'*}

NewImageName=${line#*$'\t'}

That is what I thought too but no dice. I wonder if my file is the issue?

Got it. Had to resave file to format "Windows Formatted Text"

Thanks Tony. I like your solution and you were right it was seeing the windows format. Now all I have to do is get it to see leading zeros in the old file name. Thanks you again.

Or tr -d '\r' < dosfile > unixfile.