Applescript rename files

[wesg]

This seems like a rather easy task, but I've searched with Google through this forum and others, and have yet to find a solution.

I want to rename the files I've selected in Finder, and have successfully found the replacement text, but no matter what I do, i can't make applescript rename the file. I've gotten the POSIX path, and use the text set name of pathItem to renameFile to do the renaming, but I get nothing. Do I need to include the path and extension? In this case, pathItem is the path to the file, as in Macintosh HD/Users/.../Desktop/... and renameFile is exactly the same, except for the new name.

What can I do differently?

[mysterytramp]

Your problem is probably in that you're not telling the Finder to do what you need done, as a result, Applescript's own file management dictionary is being used, which cannot rename files. This works, though it could be trimmed significantly:

tell application "Finder"
set fileAlias to (choose file)
set filePath to fileAlias as text
set TID to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ":"
set fileName to last text item of filePath
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "."
set fileNamePart1 to text item 1 of fileName
set fileNamePart2 to text item 2 of fileName
set fileName to fileNamePart1 & "001" & "." & fileNamePart2
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to TID
set name of fileAlias to fileName
end tell

Last line also works as:


set properties of fileAlias to {name:fileName}


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