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Dear Forum,

I've owned hazel for a good number of years only running two simple rules. This needs to change. I do have a pictures folder, that contains many subfolders. Many of these subfolders each contain a folder named "_rejected". Subfolder depth varies.

what I'd like to do is to move files from these different folders to trash.

Probably simple enough but I can't wrap my head around it. Hope some kind soul can help.

Cheers, stay safe.

J.

Do you want to move the files within the _rejected folder or the _rejected folder itself?

Mr_Noodle wrote:Do you want to move the files within the _rejected folder or the _rejected folder itself?

The files within. The folders should stay.

Cheers

You can try using a nested condition like:

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   If (all) are met
      ...
      If (all) are met for (the enclosing folder)
         Name is _rejected


That will match any items in a _rejected folder. You'll need to play with it but that should give you the basic gist.

Mr_Noodle wrote:You can try using a nested condition like:

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   If (all) are met
      ...
      If (all) are met for (the enclosing folder)
         Name is _rejected


That will match any items in a _rejected folder. You'll need to play with it but that should give you the basic gist.

Terrific. Thanks a lot.
Will that work with multiple subdirectories that each have such a folder? Any chance to achieve that without coding and instead using the program interface?

Check the manual on subfolders. There's a whole chapter on it.