Save all open files with truncated file names

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June 24, 2020
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I need a script (i'm not a coder!) to save all open files except I need to truncate the file names. Example: I have several files with alpha-numeric filenames such as "012345_Draft.indd". I need to save all of them to a new filename with the "_Draft" removed so I end up with "######.indd" (using the original numeric portion of the filename) for all open documents. is this possible? Please help!

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Correct answer Manan Joshi

Try the following, it should work

var doc = app.documents
for(var i = 0; i < doc.length; i++)
{
	var path = doc[i].fullName.fsName.replace(/_Draft.indd$/,".indd")
	if(path != doc[i].fullName.fsName)
		doc[i].saveACopy(path)
}

-Manan

M

Manan Joshi

Correct answer

Community Expert

Try the following, it should work

var doc = app.documents
for(var i = 0; i < doc.length; i++)
{
	var path = doc[i].fullName.fsName.replace(/_Draft.indd$/,".indd")
	if(path != doc[i].fullName.fsName)
		doc[i].saveACopy(path)
}

-Manan

C

christophero39755761Author

Inspiring

That's it!! THANK YOU!

M

Manan Joshi

Community Expert

You could use a file renaming utility for this, google should come up with some results. One such collection for windows is given below

https://www.geckoandfly.com/27387/batch-rename-files/

I think Adobe Bridge can also do it, i have not used Bridge personally but if you use you can investigate it.

-Manan

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christophero39755761Author

Inspiring

thank you but it's not what i'm after. I need to perform this operation from InDesign; the next step in this process is to save all open files as PDFs which I already have a script for.

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