I believe an apple script should be able to do this if the requirement is to
change the underscore to a space.
You would want to test with two or three files first.
repeat withcurFile in file in …whose name contains "_"
setNewFileName to name of curFile
set NewFileName to— would need to look at string replacement functions, but I
believe there is one that is appropriate
set the name of curFile to NewFilename
End Repeat
There are also ways of renaming files in perl or python. "_" Let me know if
you want to actually develop such a script.
Best wishes,
Jonathan
> On Nov 19, 2016, at 4:29 PM, Matthew Dierckens <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
> I have an album of music that has a file name like this:
> 17_city_harbor_come_however_you_are.mp3
> I want to get rid of the underlines.
> I also have a folder with over 10000 artist drops that I purchased from a
> website and they have dashes in the filename and I want to get rid of them.
> What is the best way to do this without doing it manually?
> Thanks.
>
> God bless.
> Matthew Dierckens
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