I've spent hours researching this and I can't seem to find an answer, so your help would be greatly appreciated!
I have an audio recorder that outputs 16 files that are always named the same.
ORIGINAL FILE NAMES
(TRK01.WAV, TRK02.WAV, TRK03.WAV, TRK04.WAV, TRK05.WAV, TRK06.WAV, TRK07.WAV, TRK08.WAV, TRK09.WAV, TRK10.WAV, TRK11.WAV, TRK12.WAV, TRK13.WAV, TRK14.WAV, TRK15.WAV, TRK16.WAV)
I want an Automator App that changes the file names to the following list.
NEW FILE NAMES
(01_Lav.WAV, 02_HH1.WAV, 03_Piano.WAV, 04_TR AC.WAV, 05_MX AC.WAV, 06_Bass.WAV, 07_ElectG.WAV, 08_KickD.WAV, 09_Vox1.WAV, 10_Vox2.WAV, 11_Vox3.WAV, 12_Vox4.WAV, 13_CrowdL.WAV, 14_CrowdR.WAV, 15_Aux7_R.WAV, 16_MainLR_R.WAV)
This way I can save the Application on a hard drive where I transfer the files to and run it when needed.
I was thinking it would go something like this:
set theFolder to choose folder
set name of file “TRK01.WAV“ to “01_Lav.WAV“
set name of file “TRK02.WAV“ to “02_HH1.WAV“
set name of file “TRK03.WAV“ to “03_Piano.WAV“
set name of file “TRK04.WAV“ to “04_TR AC.WAV“
set name of file “TRK05.WAV“ to “05_MX AC.WAV“
set name of file “TRK06.WAV“ to “06_Bass.WAV“
set name of file “TRK07.WAV“ to “07_ElectG.WAV“
set name of file “TRK08.WAV“ to “08_KickD.WAV“
set name of file “TRK09.WAV“ to “09_Vox1.WAV“
set name of file “TRK10.WAV“ to “10_Vox2.WAV“
set name of file “TRK11.WAV“ to “11_Vox3.WAV“
set name of file “TRK12.WAV“ to “12_Vox4.WAV“
set name of file “TRK13.WAV“ to “13_CrowdL.WAV“
set name of file “TRK14.WAV“ to “14_CrowdR.WAV“
set name of file “TRK15.WAV“ to “15_Aux7_R.WAV“
set name of file “TRK16.WAV“ to “16_MainLR_R.WAV“
tell application "Finder"
(open theFolder) select
end tell
How would this actually be done?
cd "/path/to/files"
and then copy an paste the following into the Terminal window and press enter:mv TRK01.WAV 01_Lav.WAV; mv TRK02.WAV 02_HH1.WAV; mv TRK03.WAV 03_Piano.WAV; mv TRK04.WAV "04_TR AC.WAV"; mv TRK05.WAV "05_MX AC.WAV"; mv TRK06.WAV 06_Bass.WAV; mv TRK07.WAV 07_ElectG.WAV; mv TRK08.WAV 08_KickD.WAV; mv TRK09.WAV 09_Vox1.WAV; mv TRK10.WAV 10_Vox2.WAV; mv TRK11.WAV 11_Vox3.WAV; mv TRK12.WAV 12_Vox4.WAV; mv TRK13.WAV 13_CrowdL.WAV; mv TRK14.WAV 14_CrowdR.WAV; mv TRK15.WAV 15_Aux7_R.WAV; mv TRK16.WAV 16_MainLR_R.WAV