How to Hide the Extension of Selected Files in Finder

Questions & Suggestions
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Similar to how I can lowercase all selected files in Finder from a hotkey which can be seen here.

I really wish there was a similar hotkey but for hiding the extension of all selected files. Essentially it should mark this checkbox for all files I selected in Finder.

This would be incredibly useful for me. Thank you for any help on this.

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tell application "Finder"
  set finderSelection to the selection as alias list
  repeat with theItem in finderSelection
    set extension hidden of theItem to true
  end repeat
end tell

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Edit:

Or via KM action, as I just found out :wink::

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Thank you Tom.

For the KM macro, what do I have to pass to the ‘file’ attribute since /Users/tom… is fixed path. I will have multiple files.

The applescript works great though. Just curious about how will km macro work. :slight_smile:

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Use the usual For Each action:

5

How do you enter the “wpath” variable? Its not on my list of variables. I assume it’s a special variable.

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You can use any variable name. myNicePathVar or whatever.

Its not on my list of variables

A variable is created when it is used the first time.

PS:

There are special variables in KM, but only a few. Namely ENV_<…> (for example ENV_PATH), Result Button, and probably a few more.

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Thanks, Tom. The special “w” threw me and made me think it was a special variable whose location I simply hadn’t found.

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No, the ω is just my personal prefix for temporary variables, since it gets sorted at the end of the variables list (could also be zzz).