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I am working on a project where I capture thousands of images. I then need to put them in folders in finder by the batch name.
example:
76_3402-3411_001.JPG
76_3402-3411_002.JPG
76_3402-3411_003.JPG
76_3412-3432_001.JPG
76_3412-3432_002.JPG
76_3412-3432_003.JPG
They need to go into folders 76_3402-3411 and 76_3412-3432
Would love some help.
iMac 27″, macOS 11.2
Try using:
tell application "Finder"
set the_folder to (choose folder)
repeat
set the_name to items 1 thru 12 of (get name of file 1 of the_folder) as string
if not (exists folder the_name of the_folder) then make new folder at the_folder with properties {name:the_name}
move file 1 of the_folder to folder the_name of the_folder
if (count (get files of the_folder)) is 0 then exit repeat
end repeat
end tell
(195929)
From Dock : Launchpad : Other, open Script Editor. Copy/Paste Niel's script into the Script Editor, and click run.
It will open a folder chooser where you select the folder containing your image files. Once you select the starting folder it will set about creating the individual 12 character folders and moving the associated files into them. When the script finishes, you should see a bunch of new folders and no martian files that did not get placed in their respective namesake folder.
It made a separate folder for each of these instead of just a 72_569 folder. The file name can have up tp 5 numbers after 72_. For example:
72_569
72_1054
72_10169
I see the string is 1-12 numbers do I need to change that?
Try using:
tell application "Finder"
set the_folder to (choose folder)
repeat (count (get files of the_folder)) times
set the_string to (get name of file 1 of the_folder)
set the_offset to offset of "_" in (items 4 thru -1 of the_string as string)
set the_name to items 1 thru (the_offset + 2) of the_string as string
if not (exists folder the_name of the_folder) then make new folder at the_folder with properties {name:the_name}
move file 1 of the_folder to folder the_name of the_folder
end repeat
end tell
(195983)
Thank you thank you it appears to be running.
so i type this into an applescript?
The length of the string can be changed as needed.
(195978)
But even if I make the longer it does not solve the problem of not recognizing the 72_569_001 as needing a new folder.
Niel can assist you with the script logic.
Finder script
