solved Check if selection is a folder

[Floating.Point]

Howdy,

 

I want a conditional to check if my current selection in Finder is a folder or not. The only way I could come up with was checking the extension and if the result is blank, then I assume it is a folder.

 

Just wondering if there's a better way to do this?

 

[Stephen_C]

One way might be to use the automation task Filter Paths for Folders—which will return the path of a selected folder but nothing if a file, instead of a folder, is selected.

 

Stephen

[vitor]

19 hours ago, Floating.Point said:

Just wondering if there's a better way to do this?

 

Checking for an extension isn’t reliable because files can be extensionless. @Stephen_C’s solution is clever and should work, but I’ll add proper checks for “Is File?” and “Is Folder?” for the next Automation Tasks release.

 

In the meantime, you can use a Run Script with default settings and code: [[ -d "${1}" ]] && echo -n 'true' || echo -n 'false'. That will be true if a folder and false if not.

 

Edited August 8, 2023 by vitor

[Floating.Point]

Ah of course files can lack extensions 🤦‍♂️

Temporary script solution works perfectly, thank you both for the help 😊