rather than script this, here's what i would do... old school, but quick and dirty:
1. drag the folder of original images onto an open/empty bbedit window. this will give you a list of all the images, no matter how many there are. 2. select all (command + a) 3. slam everything to the left (command + [ as many times as it takes) 4. run this saved grep pattern: FIND: ^Photo(.+)orig\.jpg</string>\\r REPLACE: <a href="images_big/Photo\1orig.jpg"><img src="images_thumbs/Photo\1prev.jpg"></a>\\r 5. sorry that took so long! i have a collection of saved grep patterns i use all the time... big time saver. bruce On Wednesday, March 28, 2012 2:21:59 AM UTC-7, blue-orange wrote: > > Hello, > > I have the following task of creating a page with 1000 thumbnails > linked to larger files. > I want to automate the task and the automation part is an unfamiliar > territory for me. > > I have two txt files containing 1000 thumbnail and original image > filenames that look like this: > > original.txt: > Photo_19001_2010-11-18_13.45.59_orig.jpg > Photo_19002_2010-11-18_21.07.04_orig.jpg > Photo_19003_2010-11-19_10.48.19_orig.jpg > Photo_19004_2010-11-19_14.05.01_orig.jpg > Photo_19005_2010-11-19_14.05.05_orig.jpg > ... > > preview.txt: > Photo_19001_2010-11-18_13.45.59_prev.jpg > Photo_19002_2010-11-18_21.07.04_prev.jpg > Photo_19003_2010-11-19_10.48.19_prev.jpg > Photo_19004_2010-11-19_14.05.01_prev.jpg > Photo_19005_2010-11-19_14.05.05_prev.jpg > ... > > I have a HTML template: > <a href="urlOriginal"><img src="urlPreview"></a> > > I want to replace the urlOriginal and urlPreview with the proper info > from the txt files. Repeat 999 times. > > I understand this is not possible with BBEdit. > AppleScript to the rescue? > > Where do I start? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
