hello,
i've tried to figure this out by myself but to be honest i haven't used Applescript in over a decade
found some bits and pieces on the interweb but can't make it work somehow.
What i want to do is simple:
i have several lists of files in text format like this:
2453.eps
2426.eps
2424.eps
2423.eps
2422.eps
2421.eps
2419.eps
2259.eps
I need to apply different tags or move files to different folders, that part i can do manually but i would like Applescript to select the files in the finder for me since this is the tedious part .. i have sevral thousands of files so finding and selecting them manually is going to be a pain.
i have tried crating an automator action with an Applescript i found in some forum thread but it does not work, when i run this action the finder and automator freezes and nothing happens until i forec relaunch the Finder.
Here's the script i am trying:
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Finder"
select (every item of window 1 whose name is in {"2419.eps", "2629.eps", "2673.eps", "2674.eps", "2828.eps", "2830.eps", "2831.eps", "2832.eps", "2833.eps", "2834.eps", "2835.eps", "2836.eps", "2837.eps", "2844A.eps", "2851.eps", "2855.eps", "2857.eps", "2858.eps", "2859.eps", "2862.eps", "2863.eps", "2865.eps", "2866.eps", "2867.eps", "2880.eps", "2881.eps", "2882.eps", "2883.eps", "2884.eps", "2886.eps", "2889.eps", "3037.eps", "3059.eps", "3080.eps", "3081.eps", "3082.eps", "3083.eps", "3084.eps", "3085.eps", "3086.eps", "3087.eps", "3088.eps", "3089.eps", "3090.eps", "3091.eps", "3092.eps", "3093.eps", "3094.eps", "3095.eps", "3096.eps", "3097.eps", "3098.eps", "3099.eps", "3100.eps", "3101.eps", "3102.eps", "3103.eps", "3104.eps", "3105.eps", "3106.eps", "3107.eps", "3108.eps", "3109.eps", "3110.eps", "3111.eps", "3112.eps", "3113.eps", "3114.eps", "3115.eps", "3116.eps", "3117.eps", "3118.eps", "3119.eps", "3124.eps", "3125.eps"})
end tell
return input
end run
What am i missing ?
i've tried to figure this out by myself but to be honest i haven't used Applescript in over a decade
found some bits and pieces on the interweb but can't make it work somehow.What i want to do is simple:
i have several lists of files in text format like this:
2453.eps
2426.eps
2424.eps
2423.eps
2422.eps
2421.eps
2419.eps
2259.eps
I need to apply different tags or move files to different folders, that part i can do manually but i would like Applescript to select the files in the finder for me since this is the tedious part .. i have sevral thousands of files so finding and selecting them manually is going to be a pain.
i have tried crating an automator action with an Applescript i found in some forum thread but it does not work, when i run this action the finder and automator freezes and nothing happens until i forec relaunch the Finder.
Here's the script i am trying:
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Finder"
select (every item of window 1 whose name is in {"2419.eps", "2629.eps", "2673.eps", "2674.eps", "2828.eps", "2830.eps", "2831.eps", "2832.eps", "2833.eps", "2834.eps", "2835.eps", "2836.eps", "2837.eps", "2844A.eps", "2851.eps", "2855.eps", "2857.eps", "2858.eps", "2859.eps", "2862.eps", "2863.eps", "2865.eps", "2866.eps", "2867.eps", "2880.eps", "2881.eps", "2882.eps", "2883.eps", "2884.eps", "2886.eps", "2889.eps", "3037.eps", "3059.eps", "3080.eps", "3081.eps", "3082.eps", "3083.eps", "3084.eps", "3085.eps", "3086.eps", "3087.eps", "3088.eps", "3089.eps", "3090.eps", "3091.eps", "3092.eps", "3093.eps", "3094.eps", "3095.eps", "3096.eps", "3097.eps", "3098.eps", "3099.eps", "3100.eps", "3101.eps", "3102.eps", "3103.eps", "3104.eps", "3105.eps", "3106.eps", "3107.eps", "3108.eps", "3109.eps", "3110.eps", "3111.eps", "3112.eps", "3113.eps", "3114.eps", "3115.eps", "3116.eps", "3117.eps", "3118.eps", "3119.eps", "3124.eps", "3125.eps"})
end tell
return input
end run
What am i missing ?