![]() ![]() Spaces, commas, single quotes, double-quotes, empty strings, escapes, escaped escapes, truncations, Unicode, etc. But if you didn't create the data, and if it had 600,000 rows instead, then trying to read it without a dedicated CSV parser is just asking for trouble. If this is your own data, then it's no big deal. People, especially those who should know better, use it way too often. If you didn't already know, and it sounds like you didn't, CSV is a truly awful format. I wouldn't go through the effort to write a Perl script unless I really needed to do something more complicated, like read a CSV file. I would use BBEdit myself for such a task. That's my I recommend you do it all in BBEdit. It is just that the problem, as you've defined it, is overly complex for the actual task to be performed. Don't get me wrong, Perl is still totally superior to AppleScript. This also makes the Perl solution a little bit more complicated than I would normally suggest for someone who hasn't used it before. You may even need to use the "regex" mode in BBEdit. That adds another layer of complexity and requires a regular expression to solve. Originally, I misunderstood your post with respect to those suffixes. Then save that BBEdit file as "run.sh" and do just that: "sh run.sh". Then, use BBEdit's "grep" facility to set the target name to be what you want, and to add in the "mv" command. I would just get a directory listing, one file per line, and use that as a starting point. To tell you the truth, if I had to do this on my own, I would use BBEdit. Tested minimally - it could probably use some error checking, but it seems to fit the original ask. Set newFileName to targetName & (characters (renameStubLength + 1) through -1 of (get name of eachFile)) as textĬopy the script into a new Script Editor document and click Run. work out what the new file name should be Set filesToRename to (every file of folder theTargetFolder whose name starts with sourceName) find all the files that match the source filename stub Set renameStubLength to (count characters in sourceName) the OP says it's always 16 characters, but I like to play safe and calculate it realtime get the length of the filename to match Set targetName to text item 2 of eachLine Set sourceName to text item 1 of eachLine iterate through the lines in the source file Set theSourceData to paragraphs of (read file theSourceFile) Set theTargetFolder to (choose folder with prompt "Select the folder of files to rename") Set theSourceFile to (choose file of type "public.text" with prompt "Select the CSV file of names") Use AppleScript version "2.4" - Yosemite (10.10) or later Given a comma-delimited file of source, target, this script should get you started. It's a relatively simple task that is easily handled by AppleScript. Now go to an app and enter some text (it makes sense to use a name in this example) and highlight it, select right-click and you should now see the item you added to the menu earlier, such as Add Contact as shown below.I disagree. In this example I’ve checked Add Contact Insert Find the Text section to see options for when text is selected in any application (such as Mail). If you want to change any other folder actions, there are plenty of options – for example for highlighted text. For example, I selected Scan with ClamXav in the previous step and it now appears back in the menu as shown below InsertĨ. Go to Finder and right-click on any file or folder, and you’ll see the updated menu. Open Terminal (type it into Spotlight or find it in the Applications -> Utilities folder) and type killall Dock followed by the Enter keyħ. Next, you might need to kill the Dock process to make the changes happen (or just log out and log back in). You can also assign a keyboard shortcut by double-clicking the menu item and typing in any key combination InsertĦ. Check or uncheck every item that you want to be visible – in the example below I’d installed the anti-virus software ClamXav and chosen to hide it from the right-click menu earlier. These control what happens when you right-click on files and folders onlyĥ. It should be expanded by default, but if not just expand it to see all the options available. Scroll down the list shown on the right until you see Files and Folders. In the left-hand panel, select the Services iconĤ. Open System Preferences and then choose Keyboard from the Hardware sectionģ. To choose what’s displayed on the right-click menu, follow the steps below:ġ. ![]() There are lots of options depending upon the type of item you’ve selected (it differs for files, images, and documents for example). Right-click any file or folder on your Mac and you’ll see a context menu similar to the one shown below. ![]()
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