Yes, another weird one.

I have a text file which is a list of tour dates. I'm currently in the process of copying each line from the list & pasting it in as the name of an empty folder.

And then I thought... Hmmm... I wonder!

What do you reckon? Is it possible?

Here's the list (& the directory I'm creating, so you can see what the desired result will look like). I can point Yate at an empty folder, so it wouldn't have to worry about the few that are already there, duplications or whatever.

I've created an action based on the assumption that the text file contains the actual names of the folders to be created.

Download the action at https://2manyrobots.com/actions/Create-Empty-Folders-from-Text-File.zip

The action is named: Create Empty Folders from Text File

You will be prompted for the text file and a root folder. The root folder is where the folders will be created.

Note if the folder already exists or if the text file contains duplicate names, nothing unexpected will happen.

Yate cannot create an empty folder without calling an external script. However, Yate creates all path components when writing a text file. In the action, an empty file named tmpfile.tmp will be written to trigger the folder creation. The file is then deleted.

The action warns you if a folder name contains any invalid characters. Typically : or / but it could be tabs, control characters, etc.

Well, I got what I needed, with a little extra. Some weird stuff at the top. Not sure if it makes sense to you?

Nothing I can't tidy up, though, while I add all the extra info.

Thanks. Once again, you've saved me hours!

The text file was an RTF file. The RTF encoding was causing the issues. I've updated the action at the same link to v2.0. It now strips RTF data and works as expected.