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if I use this:
find / -type d -name 'SUV28*

how does it know what folder to look in to ie "Features1/SU"
how do I tell find to look into the Features1/SU folder for the SUV28 folder.



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see attachment. I need to find a FOLDERS using just the first word of the folder (ie SUV28). So I need to find the SUV28 folder in "Features1/SU"

Here is something I have trying to get to work but...

this works, it opens a project folder within a category folder:
set y to (do shell script "open '/volumes/Features1/" & the_cat & "/" & UpperCase & " '*")


this will not simply open the category...

here is what I am using that does not work. Am I on the right track, I want to move a window, then I want to resize the window

Dim br As New Shell()
br.Execute ("xdotool getactivewindow...

I am trying to place and size a window on Mac using XOJO as my coding app. I am NOT in Terminal. Needs to be run as a shell I guess, but I don't know how to get the variable or set the variable.
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here is the path on Macintosh:
Macintosh HD/Users/shawn/Desktop/ATP/ATP14 bon bon/ATP14 bon bon.jpg


I need to find the folder with ATP14 in the name, then open the folder
I need to find the...

before posting, I have tried to find my answer elsewhere. no luck.

I need to find a file buried in a folder somewhere.
Master folder has 10 sub folders.
each sub folder has folders too.
I found...

sorry about the code tags, I'll try to remember.

/volumes/NEWS_MASTERS/News Masters/AGA143 SCHWEIZER SETUP AM v2.mxf
/volumes/NEWS_MASTERS/News Masters/AGA143 SCHWEIZER SETUP AM v3.mxf
/volumes/NEWS_MASTERS/News Masters/AGA143 SCHWEIZER SETUP EM...

(I am using Applescript)
text_returned2 = iAPR



I am looking for this file:
DW/700Club/Features/700Club Features Codes/INTERACTIVE/iAPR - April Reuning.doc


this code is not finding the...

figured it out. Edison tried 10,000 times to make a light bulb. I tried 100 times and finally got it.

set the_Firstcom_CD to (do shell script "ls -d '/volumes/audioNAS/Firstcom/Access Music/'" &...

can't get it to work
huge frustration, its huuuuuuge
headache
migraine
more begging and pleading.

thanks.

I am not a coder, I am and audio post engineer who is writing code to find a file for me so I don't have to click 50 times to find what i am looking or.

I am using Applescript so...

CD_numb is AM017

this code:
set the_Firstcom_CD to (do shell script "ls -d '/volumes/audioNAS/Firstcom/Access Music/' ") & CD_numb


gives me this:
"/volumes/audioNAS/Firstcom/Access...

when the user runs the script, a dialog box opens so you can input the 1st part of the filename. i.e. AFRICA123. Its a variable. The path to the folder is pre-determined, you just have to find the...

I tried this and it does not work either.

set the_AVSheet to do shell script "find -AFRICA2 /volumes/DW/700Club/AVSHEET/WorldReach now CBN International/AFRICA/"

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I'll fix that but do I need to put do shell script in front of the find command and do I need to put quotes before find and after the last character of the command line. thanks

I tried this but Applescript will not compile it.

set the_AVSheet to (do shell script "find '/volumes/DW/700Club/AVSHEET/WorldReach now CBN International/AFRICA' -type f -name '*Burkina*'"
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this is how we work. This is the file name:
AFRICA1 Faso, Burkina.doc

We just refer to the project or file as AFRICA1. The rest of the file name sometimes it too hard to remember or pronounce. So...

I need to find a file using Applescript. Applescript is so slow. Someone on the Apple forums gave me some unix code and it works for the most part. The ls command is really list and not find but when...