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var aFile = File("~/Desktop/TestText.txt");
aFile.rename ("NewName.txt");
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var aFile = File("~/Desktop/TestText.txt");
aFile.rename ("NewName.txt");
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Using Adobe Bridge, it would be similar to my previous reply in the other topic thread:
Re: using top layer name in save as for web and generate file name
However your filename pattern has now changed, so the find/replace would need to be adjusted to use a regular expression… So:
Find: (^.+-)(.+)
Replace: $113005-$2
(there are many valid regular expressions, the example above is very “loose” and if there were always going to be a fixed pattern such as a leading digit followed by two alphabetical then a hyphen then the expression could be made “tighter")
JavaScript can also use Regular Expressions...
Targeting a hard-coded file path/file:
#target photoshop
var aFile = File('~/Desktop/1Wh-1.jpg');
aFile.rename( aFile.name.replace(/(^.+-)(.+)/, '$113005-$2') );
alert("File renamed")
Or using a hard-coded input folder path, filtering on all files with a .jpg extension:
#target photoshop
var inputFolder = Folder ( '~/Desktop/' );
var fileList = inputFolder.getFiles( '*.jpg' );
for ( var i = 0; i < fileList.length; i++ ) {
fileList.rename( fileList.name.replace( /(^.+-)(.+)/, '$113005-$2') );
};
alert('Matching .jpg files in Desktop folder renamed')
Or using a dialog to select the source folder containing .jpg or .JPG files, rather than hard-coding it:
#target photoshop
var inputFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Select a folder containing .jpg files to process");
var fileList = inputFolder.getFiles(/\.jpg$/i);
for ( var i = 0; i < fileList.length; i++ ) {
fileList.rename( fileList.name.replace( /(^.+-)(.+)/, '$113005-$2') );
};
alert('Matching .jpg files in target folder renamed')
The .getFiles extension mask can of course be expanded for other file types:
.getFiles(/\.(jpg|tif|psd)$/i);
Or using no file extension mask .getFiles();
I’m still trying to figure out how to create a GUI dialog to populate a variable for the replacement text, rather than hard coding it in.
there are some rules for my file names:
For example:
1Wh-1.jpg
First Character will be always a number between 1 to 9
second and third character will be one of these "Wh", "Gy", "Bl", "Cl", Nb" or "Mg"
and at the end will be "-1" to "-9"
(I did this, because I'm making these JPG files by using Export --> Save for Web in Actions. And in Photoshop Actions I couldn't use dynamic file names filename and it export by filenames that you entered on recording time)
I want to add a Top layer name from current document (or if you have suggestion to enter a text easier by better way) in the middle of these file names.
therefore after 3rd character will add the text and after that will be 4th and 5th character.
like 1Wh_TopLayer-1.jpg
here I write this script:
//===== Read folder address of JPG files from a text file ====
var a = new File("~/DC-Game-Folder.txt");a.open('r');
var docpath = "";
docpath = a.readln();
a.close();
var PSDdoc = app.activeDocument;
var DesignName = PSDdoc.layers[0].name;
//====================
// ===== Picture 1 ======
var PicNum=1;
var JPGdoc = File(docpath + "/1Wh-" + PicNum +".jpg");
if(JPGdoc.exists) {
JPGdoc.rename("1Wh_" + DesignName + "-" + PicNum + ".jpg");
}
var JPGdoc = "";
var JPGdoc = File(docpath + "/1Gy-" + PicNum +".jpg");
if(JPGdoc.exists) {
JPGdoc.rename("1Gy_" + DesignName + "-" + PicNum + ".jpg");
}
var JPGdoc = "";
var JPGdoc = File(docpath + "/1Bl-" + PicNum +".jpg");
if(JPGdoc.exists) {
JPGdoc.rename("1Bl_" + DesignName + "-" + PicNum + ".jpg");
}
var JPGdoc = "";
var JPGdoc = File(docpath + "/1Cl-" + PicNum +".jpg");
if(JPGdoc.exists) {
JPGdoc.rename("1Cl_" + DesignName + "-" + PicNum + ".jpg");
}
var JPGdoc = "";
var JPGdoc = File(docpath + "/1Mg-" + PicNum +".jpg");
if(JPGdoc.exists) {
JPGdoc.rename("1Mg_" + DesignName + "-" + PicNum + ".jpg");
}
var JPGdoc = "";
var JPGdoc = File(docpath + "/1Nb-" + PicNum +".jpg");
if(JPGdoc.exists) {
JPGdoc.rename("1Nb_" + DesignName + "-" + PicNum + ".jpg");
}
var JPGdoc = "";
then repeat for "2" at the end and "3" and ....
here is a sample of some files after rename:
https://forums.adobe.com/people/pixxxel+schubser schrieb
dc-master schrieb
… How can I rename file(s) by script? is there anyway to rename a file without open it in Photoshop?
for example:
I have these files in a folder:
1Wh-1.jpg
1Cl-3.jpg
1Gy-5.jpg
(these names are fix and my Action always save file by these name)
and want to rename them to:
1Wh-13005-1.jpg
1Cl-10810-3.jpg
1Gy-10420-5.jpg
…
Do you alwas have this three file names?
And do you always want to rename with the same numbers in between?
Or is there a rule for your file names?
eg: [digit][letter[letter][-][digit][.][jpg]
And in which case which number should be pushed in between?
Only a study for more security:
check if your jpg(s) follows this name convention and try (files with other names are not affected):
//var inputFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Select a folder containing .jpg files to process"); var inputFolder = Folder("~/Desktop/TestFolder/Rename"); var aFile = null; var nameParts = null; var fileList = inputFolder.getFiles ( /\.jpg$/i ); for ( var i = 0; i < fileList.length; i++ ) { aFile = fileList; if (aFile.name.match ( /^\d[A-Z][a-z]-\d\./ ) != null ) { nameparts = aFile.name.split("-"); if (nameparts[0].search ( "1Wh" ) != -1) { nameparts.splice(1, 0, "13005") fileList.rename (nameparts.join("-")); }; if (nameparts[0].search ( "1Cl" ) != -1) { nameparts.splice(1, 0, "10810") fileList.rename (nameparts.join("-")); }; if (nameparts[0].search ( "1Gy" ) != -1) { nameparts.splice(1, 0, "10420") fileList.rename (nameparts.join("-")); }; }; }; alert ( 'Done' );
What do you want to change?
All cases could be added with additional if clauses like:
(But you also could write a function for this.)
if (nameparts[0].search ( "1Gy" ) != -1) {
nameparts.splice(1, 0, "10420")
fileList.rename (nameparts.join("-"));
};
For nameparts with 1BL change line #1 in this example to
if (nameparts[0].search ( "1BL" ) != -1) {
You want add eg 45678 inbetween the filename - change line#2 in the previous if clause to:
nameparts.splice(1, 0, "45678")
-------------------------------------------
Your questions:
var fileList = inputFolder.getFiles ( /\.jpg$/i ); // find JPG images only
if (aFile.name.match ( /^\d[A-Z][a-z]-\d\./ ) != null ) { // find [digit][letter[letter][-][digit][.] in file name
nameparts.splice(1, 0, "10420") // insert the new number at position 1 in the array nameparts
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