Detecting folders then runs the action

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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 5,727 Moderator on at

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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)

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Sundeep_Malik 6,501 on at

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Hey @Age2220

Do something like this:

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]
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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