From what I understand, "Create Unique" will create a file based on the path you provide and change the file name in case a file already exists at the specified path. It seems like a useful addition, particularly because the self-generated path is automatically added to a Variable. However the file…

[image] alexinwonderland: Is that the only/best usage, at this time, or am I missing something? Yes, that is the correct way to use it - it creates a new file with a new unique name, and then you can write to that file by some other means knowing it will be unique. [image] alexinwonderla…

[image] alexinwonderland: If a file already exists, the unique file will be created by adding a space, the suffix "copy" and a number at the very end of the path (i.e., AFTER the extension). This way the file extension is invalidated, preventing the Finder from identifying the type of file. Wou…

Is there a way to get the Write to a File action to create unique files too? Would be super handy if subsequent files with the same name were numbered.

[image] noisneil: Is there a way to get the Write to a File action to create unique files too? Would be super handy if subsequent files with the same name were numbered. If that feature existed, wouldn't it have the same meaning as this: [Screen Shot 2022-03-03 at 4.12.09 PM]

That's nifty! So the first action looks at the directory to see how it should name a file and the second actually creates it. I think I get it now. Thanks! EDIT: Actually no, that's not what I was talking about. This copies an existing file and adds "copy 1" to the filename. I'm talking about the W…

I empathize. I simply wanted to point out the equivalence in case others didn't know about it. And to make sure I understood your request. FOOTNOTE: I didn't want to add this footnote, but the web server didn't let me post the exact same text in a separate thread. That's so sad, because I thought i…

[image] noisneil: I mistakenly thought there might be a way, when creating a new file in this way, that it could look at the destination directory, see if there's already a file with the same name and, if so, add a number to the new file's name so it doesn't overwrite the existing one. This c…

[image] noisneil: I'm talking about the Write to a File action which can actually generate a new file from a clipboard. I mistakenly thought there might be a way, when creating a new file in this way, that it could look at the destination directory, see if there's already a file with the same na…

[image] Zabobon: I'm wondering if @Nige_S 's method here could be adapted to do this? It could, but you only need to do that if you're unhappy with how KM/the OS handles duplicate names, i.e. test.html, test copy 1.html, test copy 2.html, etc -- those come "free" with the "Create Unique File"…

[image] Nige_S: I'd start with why these duplicates are being generated, whether you need to keep the previous "version", the most appropriate naming convention, and so on -- for example, it might be all-round better to always generate the file names with appended time stamps for both uniqueness…

"Create Unique File" Action in Keyboard Maestro v10.0.1

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