Moving Files into subfolders

[chrisechols]

I'm trying to get hazel to organize my zoom recordings that I download from the cloud. I want to group all files with the same first few charaters into their respective folders.

If I can get the subfolders to take the name of the date and time that would be great.

GMT20200727-194308_Wallace-Jo_1920x1080.mp4
GMT20200727-194308_Wallace-Jo.m4a
GMT20200804-214016_Chris-Echo_640x360.mp4
GMT20200804-214016_Chris-Echo_640x360.mp4

[Mr_Noodle]

Look up "match patterns" in the manual. You can have it grab the parts of the name you want to use into custom attributes and then use those in a Sort into subfolder pattern.

[chrisechols]

Look up "match patterns" in the manual. You can have it grab the parts of the name you want to use into custom attributes and then use those in a Sort into subfolder pattern.

I've been trying this but can't figure out why I can't match just the parts I want while disregarding the rest.

I'm used to using Grep in BBEdit so I'm sure I'm overthinking how this should work.

For instance, I can only seem to match GMT20200804-214016_Chris-Echo_640x360.mp4 by using {abc}{123}-{123}_{...}

When all I want it to match and create a subfolder for is {123}-{123}


https://www.dropbox.com/s/ayrshgb2kfywz ... M.png?dl=0

[Mr_Noodle]

You need to use custom attributes to re-use the parts you want to save. Please read the chapter in the manual as it has more details on how to do that.