get names of files in a folder

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#1

hi!
i try to write a script wich gives me the names of the files in a folder, one after the other.

i thought of a script like that:

set a to choose folder as alias
tell application “Finder”
set b to “”
repeat with c in a
set d to name of c
set b to b & " " & d
end repeat
end tell

but it doesn’t work…

… hope you can help me!

nicki

#2 

tell application "Finder"
	set theFolder to folder "Path:To:The:Folder:"
	get name of files of theFolder
end tell

or if the the folder has files and subfolders your could use:


get name of entire contents of theFolder

both of these will return you an alphabetical list.

#3

and how can paste the names to TextEdit?
tell application “Finder”
set theFolder to folder “Book:Users:myusername:Music:Mymusic”
set c to the name of folders of theFolder
end tell
tell application “TextEdit” to activate

– how to paste c to TextEdit?

Thanx 4 helping

Regards Gergo, from Romania.:slight_smile:

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#4

Hi Gergo,

something like this


tell application "Finder"
	set theFolder to folder ((path to music folder as text) & "Mymusic:")
	set c to the name of folders of theFolder
end tell
set {TID, text item delimiters} to {text item delimiters, return}
set c to c as text -- flatten the list with carriage returns
set text item delimiters to TID

tell application "TextEdit"
	activate
	set text of document 1 to c
end tell
#5

As i read this topic i understand it as getting the files and not the files as in the script above

you might wanna change


set c to the name of folder of theFolder

to


set c to the name of files of theFolder

which only lists the files and not the folders…

#6

And if I have a saved Text whit the names, how can I “update” it, don’t wanna clear the names at the document, just put the names on. Thank You for helping!