Copy filename to iptc description with changes

[Guest]

Hello,

I'm looking for a script for copying the filename of a tiff to the description in that same file's iptc, with a couple of contextual changes to the name.

Those changes are:

replace any = with :

replace any * with /

add the prefix "CMS:"

So here's an example:

input

filename: 87*37=6.tif

description:

output

filename: 87*37=6.tif

description: CMS:87/37:6

I had a script that did some of these things for a while, but it was quite slow and I don't know how to rewrite it.

Thank you in advance for any help,

Lewis

[Paul Riggott]

This is the same script as before with an extra line to change the asterisk..

#target bridge   
   if( BridgeTalk.appName == "bridge" ) {  
FileNameToDesc = MenuElement.create("command", "Add FileName to Description", "at the end of Thumbnail");
}
FileNameToDesc.onSelect = function () { 
   updateFileName();
   }
      
function updateFileName(){
 loadXMPLib();
var Prefix = "CMS:";
var sels = app.document.selections; 
for(var a in sels){
var thumb = new Thumbnail(sels); 
   if(thumb.hasMetadata){ 
      var selectedFile = thumb.spec;    
      var myXmpFile = new XMPFi...

.name).replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');
      Name = Name.replace(/\*/g,'/');
        Name = Prefix + Name.re...