In the script I have here, I’d like to rename the file, and then once the file is renamed I’d like to open it. How can I do this?
on open
set olddelims to AppleScript's text item delimiters -- save their current state
tell application "Finder" to set fileList to the selection
set searchStrings to {"Aunt", "Uncle", "Grandmother"}
set replaceStrings to {"Pam", "Bill", "Jeanette"}
repeat with aFile in fileList
set fileName to name of aFile
repeat with i from 1 to count of searchStrings
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to item i of searchStrings
set newName to every text item of fileName
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to item i of replaceStrings
set fileName to newName as string
end repeat
set name of aFile to fileName
end repeat
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to olddelims--return to old state
end open
I’ve tried this:
set name of aFile to current_Filename as string
tell application "Finder" to set file_name to (name of current_Filename)
set thePath to current_Filename as text
set theposix to POSIX path of thePath
display dialog thePath
do shell script "open " & the quoted form of theposix
and it tells me that it can’t get the name of the file.
I’ve tried this:
set name of aFile to current_Filename as string
tell application "Finder" to set file_name to (name of aFile)
set thePath to aFile as text
set theposix to POSIX path of thePath
display dialog thePath
do shell script "open " & the quoted form of theposix
and it just returns an error message…something along the lines of “can’t get <>” etc…
How can I tell Applescript to open the file that it just renamed?
I’ve had to do the same thing with a script I made to move downloaded wallpaper. If a wallpaper with the same name already exists, I have it rename it, then move it. Look towards the bottom of the script to see the solution.
-- sort wallpapers
tell application "Finder"
try
set DLfolder to folder (path to downloads folder as text)
set originalWP to files of DLfolder whose name extension is "jpg"
set moveWP to move originalWP to folder ((path to pictures folder as text) & "Wallpaper:")
-- if wallpaper exists
on error number -15267
repeat with eachWP in originalWP
set originalName to name of eachWP
set nameOffset to offset of "." in originalName
set justName to characters beginning through (nameOffset - 1) of originalName as text
set newName to (justName & " II" & ".jpg")
set name of eachWP to (newName as text)
set newWP to ((path to downloads folder as text) & newName)
set finalWP to move newWP to folder ((path to pictures folder as text) & "Wallpaper:") with replacing
end repeat
end try
end tell
what would be immensely helpful is if I could get the POSIX path without the “/” in front. Every time I try to open a filename using the quoted form of the POSIX path, I get an error message saying that “/Filename” does not exist. Which is true, because the file is not named “/Filename”, it’s named “Filename”
on open
set olddelims to AppleScript's text item delimiters -- save their current state
tell application "Finder" to set fileList to the selection
set searchStrings to {"Aunt", "Uncle", "Grandmother"}
set replaceStrings to {"Pam", "Bill", "Jeanette"}
repeat with aFile in fileList
-- EDIT
tell application "Finder" to set fileContainer to (container of aFile) as alias
--
set fileName to name of aFile
repeat with i from 1 to count of searchStrings
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to item i of searchStrings
set newName to every text item of fileName
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to item i of replaceStrings
set fileName to newName as string
-- EDIT
set newFilePath to (fileContainer as text) & "newNamem"
set newFilePath to POSIX path of newFilePath
do shell script "open " & quoted form of newFilePath
--
end repeat
set name of aFile to fileName
end repeat
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to olddelims --return to old state
end open
