Renaming in OSX

[Jmax]

Okay, I have a bunch of scripts that rename files for me in OS9. Now I am working primarily in OSX and those scripts no longer work.

Very basic stuff I need. I tell the finder to get the file name, create a new name which has a specified text (ie. Location or Date) and the last x number of characters of the original name, then rename file with new name.

Example: I have a series of files named Image000245.jpg through Image000365.jpg. I need them to be named Scotland-245.jpg through Scotland-365.jpg.

My old scripts just keep giving me errors. I can post one of them if necessary. But I am sure that it must be just some small thing that OSX does differently. Could someone post a small script that accomplishes this in OSX?

Thanks,

Jmax

[jonn8]

This works for me in Mac OS X 10.2.6/ AS 1.9.1:

set the_file to (((path to desktop) as string) & “Image000245.jpg”) as file specification
tell application “Finder”
set the_name to name of the_file
set the_name to (“Scotland-” & (text 9 thru -1 of the_name))
set name of the_file to the_name
end tell

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Jon