How to Check if a Folder Contains Subfolders?

[ALYB]

I thought that this would be simple but I cannot find any ready-made command to check whether a folder contains any subfolders (e.g. at the IF action).

How can I solve this task?

[ComplexPoint]

Perhaps something like this ?

has subfolders ?.kmmacros (23.4 KB)

[ccstone]

@ALYB

… I cannot find any ready-made command to check whether a folder contains any subfolders …

Hey Hans,

This job is relatively easy but tedious to do with native Keyboard Maestro actions.

Easier with AppleScript:

Count of SubFolders in a Target Folder (AppleScript) v1.00.kmmacros (6.9 KB)

It would be simple to do with the shell, except that various file-types on the Mac are actually directories that present to the user as files.

Like apps, rtfd files, scptd files...

-Chris

[ALYB]

Thanks, Chris, but in this case the solution of @ComplexPoint was already perfect :). (Background: I'm working on a macro that lets me move any selected file from the Desktop to one of my favourite folders, or, if no file is selected, open one of these folders.)

[ccstone]

@ALYB

Background: I'm working on a macro that lets me move any selected file from the Desktop to one of my favourite folders

Hey Hans,

I have such a macro built already, but it's not quite friendly enough to be published.

I will post it to the forum when I have time.

It's similar to this:

Open a Folder in the Finder via a Path List in a User Prompt

Hey Folks, I have a bunch of keyboard shortcut driven AppleScripts for opening various folders in the Finder. Too many in fact – I'm running out of viable keyboard shortcuts. So I created a macro that uses a Prompt With List action with a list of folder paths as its source. This is easy to customize and relieves my memory of the burden of remembering more keyboard shortcuts.  [image] It supports tags using the format: @YourTagNameOne, @YourTagNameTwo... If the path source fi…

-Chris

[JMichaelTX]

@ccstone

This job is relatively simple but tedious to do with native Keyboard Maestro actions.

More simple via AppleScript:

Hey Chris,

This is one of those cases that I'd argue that the KM non-script solution is easier to create and understand.

While your AppleScript is short, it is NOT simple unless you already have a very good understanding of how to use System Events with files/folders.

So, while it is simple for you, it is probably not for many others.