Whew...Great post. Took me awhile but thanks for spelling it out so simple.

Can we please have a more automatic way of passing custom matching variables to applescripts? I would like to be able to pass the amount of the bill that I need to make a bank transfer on so I don't have to open the PDF to look it up.

Browsing through some topics in this subforum to expand my knowledge I noticed[1]: One problem with FinderComments is that they aren't actually stored in the metadata of the file, they're stored in the .ds_store. Spotlight (aka Finder) Comments are also stored with the com.apple.metadata:kMDItemFind...

... from the a_freyer playbook. See his post Custom Matching 101: Pass Hazel Variables to Applescript http://www.noodlesoft.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1770&p=7294 ...

I wrote a few tutorials on custom matching in the Tips & Tricks forum. Search for "Custom Matching 101"

One problem with FinderComments is that they aren't actually stored in the metadata of the file, they're stored in the .ds_store. You can see this by setting the FinderComment and then checking CMD+i; your comments will not be there. Similarly, if your set the comment in Finder, it will not appear a...

I've done something similar by setting the comment field of the file using Hazel. Either Applescript or a shell script can access this without going through renaming, remembering the name, etc. In csh this works: `mdls -name kMDItemFinderComment "$1" | awk -F'=' '{print $2}' | tr -d '"...

Very correct! Thanks for pointing that out!

Based on the example you provided I believe Customer Token 1 should be "Single Letter" instead of "Single Digit". If you use "Single Digit" Hazel will never match "Time Machine.pdf".

Thanks for creating this tip, this technique is very useful.

... can use a filename of unlimited length). Here is a quick tutorial using custom matching (please see that tutorial if you're new to custom matching). This is how the rule ...

... thereof. In Hazel there are two kinds of tokens: (1) generic and (2) custom. A generic token is what you see in the default matching floating window - letter, digit, word, etc. - and they can be used to build a file ...