Files 2 folder on steroids.

[magician62]

I am finding I have a regular task, that would benefit from an easier way.

I have a folder with a various number of PDF's

I need to create  TXT files for each PDF with the same filename, and inside the TXT file write the filename less the file type.

I then need to move the PDF and associated TXT file into a folder of the same name.

At present I am manually creating the text file and adding the content, then using Files 2 Folders to folderise all the TXT files and finally manually drop the PDF's into the corresponding folder.

Preferably the Util will be in AHK as I want to learn how it is working so I can extrapolate for the future.

TIA.

[paradisusvic]

Hello & good day!

I need to create  TXT files for each PDF with the same filename, and inside the TXT file write the filename less the file type.

-magician62 (July 13, 2024, 06:04 AM)

Which PDF2TXT tool are you using for the conversion? If possible, show the actual command you are using

(Some tools have OCR settings, etc.)

[magician62]

I can see the confusion, I am not converting the PDF. I just need a text file with thw same name.

So for

'my.pdf'

I need an empty txt file

'my.txt'

I then want the text of 'my' inside the txt file.

So we get 'my.txt' when opened the contets is teh line of text 'my'

[paradisusvic]

Got it, coding a small CLI as an initial release exactly by your parameters @ https://github.com/paradisusis/MagiFold

(This one is a prime candidate to be expanded into a GUI with configurable options )

[paradisusvic]

As of now, the main functionality is complete and has been pushed to GitHub

The program takes a cautious approach by processing the top directory only. It uses “.” to indicate the current directory for the MagiFold.exe executable.

[paradisusvic]

Just added on-screen error reporting.

The program acts on the cautious side by processing top directory only ...

-paradisusvic (July 13, 2024, 07:14 PM)

This would be the only thing that remains malleable for this PDF-focused version. If you’d like it to browse the whole (sub)directory tree, feel free to say so.

[paradisusvic]

MagiFold v0.1.0

• Download: MagiFold_v0.1.0.zip
• GitHub tag: https://github.com/paradisusis/magifold/releases/tag/v0.1.0

Notes:

- Use the "-d" or "--directory" switch followed by the source path containing PDF files.
- The special "." path (a single dot) represents the current directory for the executable file.
- Only the top level is processed. Sub-directories are skipped.
- Errors are documented on screen, including the file path and error message.

Feel free to ask if you need any further assistance!
Vic

[Lintalist]

Preferably the Util will be in AHK as I want to learn how it is working so I can extrapolate for the future.

-magician62 (July 13, 2024, 06:04 AM)

Just because I wanted to play around with AutoHotkey v2 (yeah yeah I know late to the party) this seems to work. v1 would be very similar apart from "FileCreateDir" which is the command to create a folder instead of "DirCreate".

Code: Autohotkey [Select]

1. #Requires AutoHotkey v2.0+
2.  
3. SelectedFolder:=FileSelect("D3", , "Select a folder") ; select a folder, we don't check for cancelation so look into that
4.  
5. Loop Files SelectedFolder "\*.pdf" ; find all PDFs in that folder
6.         {
7.          SplitPath A_LoopFileFullPath, , , , &OutNameNoExt     ; get the file name without the ext.
8.          If !FileExist(SelectedFolder "\" OutNameNoExt ".txt") ; only create a txt file if doesn't exist
9.                 FileAppend OutNameNoExt, SelectedFolder "\" OutNameNoExt ".txt"       ; make file with file name (no ext)
10.          DirCreate SelectedFolder "\" OutNameNoExt             ; make folder
11.          FileMove SelectedFolder "\" OutNameNoExt ".txt", SelectedFolder "\" OutNameNoExt "\" OutNameNoExt ".txt" ; move files
12.          FileMove SelectedFolder "\" OutNameNoExt ".pdf", SelectedFolder "\" OutNameNoExt "\" OutNameNoExt ".pdf"
13.         }
14. MsgBox "Done" ; bob's your uncle

Edit: adding path to FileAppend, shouldn't matter much but just to be safe(r)

[paradisusvic]

Awesome!!!

Thanks for devoting the time to do the AHK script . DonationCoder is the place for making the day to fellow happy users

Thanks @Lintalist