let’s rename our file, add the sequential number from ’index’ and add the file-extension to it set the nameof this_file to new_name & index_prefix & index & file_extension asstring set file_extension to '' else -yup, we are currently processing a file that has a file-extension -we have to re-add the original file-extension after changing the name of the file! set file_extension to '.' & new_extension lets check if the current file from our list (based on index-number) has even any file-extension if new_extension is '' then - '' means there is no file-extension present. Set index_prefix to '0' else set index_prefix to ''

if the index number is lower than 10, we will add a preceding '0' for a proper filename sorting later using our index, we select the appropriate file from our list set this_file to item indexof all_files Repeatwithindexfrom1to the countof all_files the ’index’ number is of course required for the sequential renaming of our files! ’index’ is our counter that we initially set to 1 and then count up with every file. now we start looping through all selected files. Settext item delimiters to '.' tell application 'Finder' set all_files to every item of (choosefilewithprompt 'Choose the Files you’d like to rename:' with multiple selections allowed ) aslistĭisplay dialog 'New file name:' default answer '' set new_name totext returned ofresult

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