assign finder

Assign UIDs to Finder selection

assign-finder.kmmacros

Appends new UIDs in the pattern (YYYYMMddHHmm) to the names of the files and/or folders selected in Finder.

This macro uses a global Keyboard Maestro variable, Last UID, shared with a number of other macros in this repository so that UIDs assigned in rapid succession (more than one in a given clock minute) don't clash.

Invoked Shell Script

if [[ -d "$KMVAR_Instance_Files" ]]; then
	f="${KMVAR_Instance_Files%/}"
	mv "$KMVAR_Instance_Files" "$f ($KMVAR_Last_UID)/"
else
	extension="${KMVAR_Instance_Files##*.}"
	f="${KMVAR_Instance_Files%.*}"
	mv "$KMVAR_Instance_Files" "$f ($KMVAR_Last_UID).$extension"
fi

Changelog

Version	Date	Changes
1.07	2020-12-31	Replace YYYY with yyyy in ICU date-time pattern
1.06	2020-07-27	Rename to assign-finder
1.05	2020-07-24	Remove default triggers; use simpler macro names
1.04	2020-07-23	Use consistent variable names
1.03	2020-07-23	Allow UIDs to be appended to folders as well as files
1.02	2020-07-14	Save only most recent UID to Last UID
1.01	2020-07-13	Remove unnecessary braces
1.00	2020-07-08	Initial commit