Hello People!
I got a gigantic task i would like to simplify with a bit of Applescript.
Basically i'd like to move or copy a lot of files to a new folder structure.
I have a few different folders with about 500-4000 jpg's, see image below.
First image shows old structure, 2nd image show the new structure i would like to accomplish.
What i would like to do is have a script loop through and take the first 4 characters of the filename and create a folder with that name in the location of my choosing. Then create a new folder in the parent folder called JPEG and copy all the files with that specific name to that folder.
So far i have been able to automate the creation of folders and sub-folders.
Any help is very much appreciated!
I got a gigantic task i would like to simplify with a bit of Applescript.
Basically i'd like to move or copy a lot of files to a new folder structure.
I have a few different folders with about 500-4000 jpg's, see image below.
First image shows old structure, 2nd image show the new structure i would like to accomplish.
What i would like to do is have a script loop through and take the first 4 characters of the filename and create a folder with that name in the location of my choosing. Then create a new folder in the parent folder called JPEG and copy all the files with that specific name to that folder.
So far i have been able to automate the creation of folders and sub-folders.
Any help is very much appreciated!
Code:
set loc to choose folder "Choose Parent Folder Location"
repeat with i from 1 to 3
set j to text -2 through -1 of ("0" & i as text)
try
tell application "Finder" to set targetFolder to make new folder at loc with properties {name:"61" & j}
tell application "Finder" to make new folder at targetFolder with properties {name:"JPEG"}
tell application "Finder" to make new folder at targetFolder with properties {name:"PSD"}
end try
end repeat