Select all folders with Automator

Question

How can I create a custom Automator command to simply select all folders within a folder?

If I runned the action it would look like this.

Thanks! Nicolas

Answer 1

Add:

• Get Folder Contents (this will get all items in the given input folder)
• Filter Finder Items
  • and set Kind is Folder

For testing add Reveal Finder Items at the end. Screenshot:

The result will be the list of folders in the given input folder. This is simple but slow solution. (The Get Folder Contents action is very slow.

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The fast solution could be written using some scripting. Actions:

• Run Shell Script (set the Pass Input: as arguments) and add the following script:

for f in "$@"
do
    find "$f" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -print
done

The result is as above, just much-much faster.