Make complex Finder selections with glob patterns

Nov 08, '06 07:30:04AM

Contributed by: anoved

I wrote an AppleScript app called lselect that lets you select things in the Finder that match a glob pattern, such as what you would use to list particular files with the ls utility in Terminal. I find it useful when I want to quickly select a large group of files with similar but not identical names that aren't necessarily listed consecutively with any sorted Finder list views. Unlike the Find command, the selected results appear alongside the files that didn't match, making it easy to drag the selection to an application or folder in the same directory.

More information about the script (including how to use it) is available from the above link, and you can also view/use the raw source of the script.

[robg adds: I tested this one, and it works as described...]

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