[SOLVED] Move file to folder only if there's no file with that same name

[iamdannywyatt]

I have a file "Instagram.jpg".
Then I have 3 folders, all inside the same parent folder "Songs":
Song 1
Song 2
Song 3

I want to create a macro that checks folder by folder if a file "Instagram.jpg" already exists. If not, it moves to the folder. If it does, it checks the second folder, etc.

So if all 3 folders don't have "Instagram.jpg" it moves the files "Instagram.jpg" to the same folder, since Song 1 is the first on the list and cancels the macro. Now if folder Song 1 contains a "Instagram.jpg" file, then "Instagram.jpg" would be moved to Song 2, because that folder is empty, and would cancel the macro. The same if Song 2 had the file, it would move it to Song 3, and so on.

I see the IF THEN action has "At this path, a file exists". I would be able to add the path, but then I want it to check for a specific folder, not just "a" file, but "the" file.

Is this possible?

EDIT: I think this is what I need

How to test whether a specific file exists

Hey Victor, Of course. [image] There is no such test in Keyboard Maestro. You have to test each file and/or folder in a directory for a name condition and then process based on the test. Something like this: For Each.kmactions (3.0 KB) [image] Instead of displaying the file name and file path you'd delete the file. This is a little easier to do with AppleScript if you know how. set targetFolder to path to downloads folder tell application "Finder" set myFinderItems to (files of ta…

[Zabobon]

@iamdannywyatt

I see the IF THEN action has "At this path, a file exists". I would be able to add the path, but then I want it to check for a specific folder, not just "a" file, but "the" file.

Yes, you can test for whether a specific filename exists at the location. You would add the filename you want to check for at the end of the path. And that filename could be a variable.

So, to literally check if there is a file called "Instagram.jpg" in the folder "Song 1"

And assuming you will be checking for a different filename each time:

[iamdannywyatt]

Yes I was able to make it work, but now I'm trying something a bit more complex:

Simplified nested IF THEN?

Today I was trying to figure out how to check folders for a single file: Now I would like to create a more complex macro where I use multiple files. I can create the macro with multiple IF THEN actions, but I was wondering if there's a simplified version that uses variables, maybe? So I have 7 files and I want to check if 14 folders have those files or not. Starting with "File1", KM would check if "Folder1" contains that file. It will do this for each folder until it finds one that doesn't …

I can make it using multiple IF THEN and all that, but I'm wondering if there's a way to make it simpler with fewer actions?

[Zabobon]

@iamdannywyatt

I can make it using multiple IF THEN and all that, but I'm wondering if there's a way to make it simpler with fewer actions?

How many folders do you need to check? If it's 3 as in your description above you would just need 3 If Then Actions one after the other (not nested).

[iamdannywyatt]

Please check that other topic. It has all the info.
It's 7 files and 14 folders.
Right now I'm able to "only" use 7 IF THEN actions and it's working.
I'm just wondering if there's a way to make it simpler?