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Posted on by Age2220 12

Hello newbie here i would like to create a flow that roughly does this:

Goes to a Folder 

Detects which files start with 001,002,003.....

Runs the same flow for each file

 

Btw i also use photoshop so it needs to detect itself in Desktop>New folder>003 xxxxx xxxx

Idk if i explained good enough

Thanks for the help!

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  • MichaelAnnis Profile Picture
    MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

    Get Files (define folder path) and set files to 001*...set the variable to %Files001%

    For each %CurrentItem% in %Files001%

        'do something

    End (For Each)

     

    Repeat for 002, 003, and so on.

     

    If you have a lot of 001 through whatever, then make a txt file with all the possibilities that you want to iterate through on a separate line, for example:

     

    001

    002

    003

    004

    005

    006

     

    Then read txt file to list

    Create new List %AllFiles%

    For each %CurrentItem% in %List%

        Get files [filepath] with files %CurrentItem%* to %Files%

        Add %Files% to list %AllFiles%

    End (for each)

    For each %CurrentItem% in %AllFiles%

        'do something

    End (For Each)

     

  • Sundeep_Malik Profile Picture
    Sundeep_Malik 6,501 on at

    Hey @Age2220 

     

    Do something like this:

     

    Sundeep_Malik_0-1668101241379.png

    Sundeep_Malik_3-1668101748199.png

     

     

    1) List Files in a folder

    2) Create a new list

    3) Set variable to 0 [It will act as iteration to fetch file name]

    4) Run a for each loop on files you are getting from list files in a folder action.

    5) Then set a new variable to %Files[NewVar].Name%

    This will go and fetch each files name

    6) Then use if action. [You can set the value to 0, or 00 as per your choice]

    Sundeep_Malik_1-1668101408036.png

    7) Inside the if add the current item to the list you created above

    8  Then after the if ends, just increase/increment the variable by 1.

    9) After the for each loop ends run a for each loop on the newly created list. Then perform whatever you want.

     

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