how to make or duplicate multiple copies

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#1

:? Is there a way to make or duplicate multiple copies of a file ?
What I’m trying to do is this, get the info on how many times a file needs to be copied from a text file. (which works )But now I need to be able to have multiple copies made using the info that I get from the same text file. (which I get just fine) Is this possible?
P.S. sorry for the long post I’m new at this but trying to learn[/i]

#2

If you’re using “tell app finder to duplicate alias x”, it should return a file spec for the new file, which you can use to apply modifications:

tell app "Finder"
   duplicate alias "HD:file.txt"
   --> returns, eg, file "file copy.txt" of startup disk of app "Finder"
   set name of result to "hi!.txt"
end tell

For multiple files:

set files_to_duplicate to {alias "HD:file1.txt", alias "HD:file2.txt"}
repeat with i in files_to_duplicate
   -- where "i" is a reference to item x of files_to_duplicate
   -- so, tell app finder to duplicate & rename
end repeat
#3

If your text file gives you a number, you can use it in a repeat loop. Something like this might work.

set numFromTextFile to 4

tell application "Finder"
	repeat numFromTextFile times
		duplicate alias "path:to:file"
	end repeat
end tell