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IT WORKS!!! Thanks very much, Vitor.

Vitor, Thanks for your efforts. When I drop the script onto Terminal I get a message telling me it won't open because I don't have appropriate access privileges. However, my Get Info box tell me I have "read and write" privileges. What's with that.

I have now posted a version of the full spreadsheet which was created by Open Office as a .csv file. I made sure it is comma delimited. It's titled BCBSKS-Member_Full

Okay, I have posted a copy of the exact file I want to work with. It is an .ods file (Open Office). Same link as above.

The original was an .xlsx file that I opened with Open Office. I then saved it as a .csv file and removed all data except column A. Should I give you a copy of the .xisx file and let you convert it to what you need?

Thanks, Vitor¡ You can download a csv file from http://66.49.7.70/vitor There is only one column. The file names start with cell A3. Thanks again, Clyde

Thanks for your reply. I am producing files in sessions for different departments. Yes I can make a cvs file of each list of file names. The first list has 577 file names. I will have to do this for several groups. I'm not a programmer and don't know how to write shell scripts.

I'm brand new to Alfred. Here is my task. I need to rename over 5000 files (phone prompts). I have the files in sequential order in a folder. The list of unique names is in a spreadsheet column. Can a workflow be written to select the top name in the spreadsheet, copy, select the top file in the finder window, paste, go back to spreadsheet and select next name, copy, select next file in finder window, paste, etc.? If Alfred can't do it, do you have a suggestion for what can?