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CatoPbx
CatoPbx
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September 28, 2023
Question

A script to batch rename files, create corresponding folders, move files, create zip files?

  • September 28, 2023
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I want to run script to batch rename images in a folder that I have placed png files into, then batch create sub-folders based on each individual image’s new name into a different folder. Lastly, I would like to move the png image, and also create a zip file of each individual image and save in its corresponding sub-folder.

 

Specifically, I have 2 existing folders on my Mac desktop “For Processing” and “Processing Completed”. In the “For Processing” folder, I will add any number of png images that I have created with various filenames. When it comes time that I need to process, I rename the png images to a more meaningful and consistent naming convention eg. Map-001.png, Map-002.png, etc. Then in the different folder “Processing Completed”, I create sub-folders for each image, eg sub-folder named Map-001, the next Map-002, etc. Inside each of these sub-folders I then move the png file, as well as save a corresponding zip file, ie. “Map-001.png” and “Map-001.zip” go inside the Map-001 sub-folder.

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    Stephen Marsh
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    Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 28, 2023

    Where are you stuck in creating your script?

     

    As you are on a Mac and this is all Finder-level stuff, you could do it with AppleScript without even worrying about having any interaction from Adobe apps.

    CatoPbx
    CatoPbxAuthor
    Inspiring
    September 29, 2023

    I have never usedAppleScript - I'll need to learn it ...

    CatoPbx
    CatoPbxAuthor
    Inspiring
    September 29, 2023

    If I remember correctly, you can copy/rename in a single step, but you then need to permanently delete the originals as there is no move file system command in ES/JS.

     

    EDIT: Here is a very basic example:

     

    var origDoc = File("~/Desktop/For Processing/inputFile.png");
var copyRenameDoc = File("~/Desktop/Processing Completed/outputFile.png");
File(origDoc).copy(copyRenameDoc);
origDoc.remove();

     

    Personally, I think this is best done using other methods (AppleScript, Unix system script, ExifTool (Perl), Python or even Powershell for Mac).


    OK, what one method as an experienced coder would you use - in your opinion/preference? Also some coding clues in the right direction would help me, as someone quite inexperienced.

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