Open file if filename contain specific text

[milevic]

How its possible, using javascript, to open file in PS if i know that file name start with some specific text?

For example I have folder /User/Documents/PSD/ with files:

Italy_215.psd

Italy_216.psd

Poland_725.psd

Germany_325.psd

My needs are to open all files which contain word Italy in filename, using javascript. Thanks in advance.

[Kukurykus · Accepted solution]

File('~/documents/psd')
.getFiles(function(v){v.name
.indexOf('Italy') + 1 && open(v)})

[milevic]

Great, as always. Thanks @Kukurykus 

Just one more thing, is it possible to get full pathname of single psd in case that numbers at the end are variable. To be more precise, I know that in folder /User/Documents/PSD/ exist psd file which start with word Poland_ and three digits at the end, but i dont know which digits will be. Is it possible somehow to get pathname of that file?

[Kukurykus]

File('~/documents/psd').getFiles(function(v){v.name
.split(/^Poland_\d{3}/).length - 1 && alert(v.fsName)})

[milevic]

Perfectly. Thanks again

[milevic]

I know i'm boring but i but i'm run into a new problem, scripts works perfectly when i deal with files on my MAC, but original files are on some local server PC and when i type pathname script does not work even i have access to that files.

For example my server is called rsgm and i try on this way because i got this pathname /rsgm/documets/psd when i copy pathname of some file from that folder. What could be a problem?

File('/rsgm/documents/psd').getFiles(function(v){v.name
.split(/^Poland_\d{3}/).length - 1 && alert(v.fsName)})

[Kukurykus]

Start with double slash.

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

As a learning exercise, I wanted to see if I could do this too... These three scripts are slightly different but the same in the end result:

var inputFiles = Folder('~/Documents/PSD').getFiles();
for (var a = 0; a < inputFiles.length; a++) {
        if (inputFiles[a].name.indexOf('Italy_') !== -1) {
        open(inputFiles[a]);
    }
}

var inputFiles = Folder('~/Documents/PSD').getFiles();
for (var a = 0; a < inputFiles.length; a++) {
        if (/^Italy_/.test(inputFiles[a].name)) {
        open(inputFiles[a]);
    }
}

var inputFiles = Folder('~/Documents/PSD').getFiles();
for (var a = 0; a < inputFiles.length; a++) {
    if (inputFiles[a].name.match(/^Italy_/)) {
        open(inputFiles[a]);
    }
}

I personally prefer the second (faster) and third (slower) option as they offer more flexibility via Regular Expressions (which may not be needed in this particular use case where indexOf suffices).

[Kukurykus]

.IndexOf is fastest, then .split, if used without RegEx in this case.

[milevic]

Thank you guys

[milevic]

Could you help me to improve this script with alert if there is no such file?

[Kukurykus]

alert(v.name.split(/^Poland_\d{3}/).length-1?v.fsName:'No such file')

[milevic]

Dear @Kukurykus and  @Stephen_A_Marsh i have an additional question regarding this issue, for example in PSD folder i have some subfolders, is it posible to go true all files of root folder and all subfolders? Thanks

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

@milevic – Recursive processing into sub-directories is not easy for me, I know others here could share some code (or you could go searching yourself).

[jazz-y · Accepted solution]

findAndOpen('~/Documents/PSD', 'Italy')

function findAndOpen(folder, text) {
    var fls = Folder(folder).getFiles(),
        r = RegExp('^'+text, 'i');
    for (var i = 0; i < fls.length; i++) {
        var cur = fls[i];
        if (cur instanceof File) {
            if (r.test(decodeURI(cur.name))) open(cur)
        } else findAndOpen(cur, text)
    }
}

[milevic]

Thanks