MacOS – How to remove leading whitespace in a folder for OneDrive upload on mac os

for f in "$@"; do new="$(echo -n "$f" | sed -E 's|/$||;s| +$||;s|^ +||;s|/ +([^/]+$)|/\1|;s| +(\.[^.][a-zA-Z0-9.]*)$|\1|g')"; mv "$f" "$new"; echo "$new"; done

(Paste as a Run Shell Script action and select Pass input: as arguments.)

I've tried with Automator without succeeding looping through dropped files.

Here's a folder action script that does what you want, and how to attach it to a folder :

1. Open AppleScript Editor

2. Paste the following script into a new document

property mail_subject : "An image for you"
property mail_plain_content : "Attached you will the image you required." & return & return & "Best Regards" & return & "Automator"
property mail_html_content : "Attached you will the image you required.<br><br>Best Regards<br>Automator"

on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
    processItems(these_items)
end adding folder items to

on processItems(these_items)
    repeat with i from 1 to (count of these_items)
        set this_item to item i of these_items
        if isFolder(this_item) then
            processItems(getFolderItems(this_item))
        else
            processFile(this_item)
        end if
    end repeat
end processItems

on processFile(this_file)
    set mail_address to RemoveExtension(getFileName(this_file))
    tell application "Microsoft Outlook"
        set newMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {subject:mail_subject, plain text content:mail_plain_content, content:mail_html_content}
        tell newMessage
            make new recipient with properties {email address:{address:mail_address}}
            make new attachment with properties {file:this_file as alias}
            send
        end tell
        activate
    end tell
end processFile

on isFolder(this_item)
    tell application "System Events" to return (exists folder (this_item as string))
end isFolder

on RemoveExtension(this_name)
    -- This function comes from :
    -- http://www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/sbrt/index.html
    if this_name contains "." then
        set this_name to (the reverse of every character of this_name) as string
        set dot_offset to the offset of "." in this_name
        set this_name to (text (dot_offset + 1) thru -1 of this_name)
        set this_name to (the reverse of every character of this_name) as string
    end if
    return this_name
end RemoveExtension

on getExtension(this_name)
    if this_name contains "." then
        set this_name to (the reverse of every character of this_name) as string
        set dot_offset to the offset of "." in this_name
        set this_name to (text 1 thru (dot_offset - 1) of this_name)
        set this_name to (the reverse of every character of this_name) as string
        return this_name
    else
        return ""
    end if
end getExtension

on getFileName(this_file)
    tell application "Finder" to return name of this_file
end getFileName

on getFolderItems(this_folder)
    tell application "Finder" to return items of this_folder
end getFolderItems

3. Save it in your ~/Library/Scripts/Folder Action Scripts Folder

Menu File > Save

Go to the right folder : press cmd+G and paste:
~/Library/Scripts/Folder Action Scripts
and click Go

Save as : Image - Email using name as address.scpt (for example)
Format : Script

4. Create a new folder that will be watched for added items

5. Associate the script to the folder

In the Finder, right click on your folder, then select Services > Folder Actions Setup Select the new created Image - Email using name as address.scpt script

You're done, drop a file whose name is an address, mail will be sent.