NT Productions shows how you can take control over OS files using scripts.

Undoubtedly if you script for After Effects, you will encounter a time that you need to control files on disk. That may include tasks like copying, pasting, deleting, and writing data. Reading and writing files is something that folks more associate with JSON, but it is possible to work with both in Adobe Extendscript too.

NT Production’s  Nathan Lovell shows off a quick tip that details how you can take control over your OS files using scripts. The tutorial covers copy/paste and deleting files on disk. Nathan shares a ton of in-depth scripting tutorials using ExtendScript and other tools for After Effects. Check out some of those here.