Feel free to ignore me here, but if anyone could whip out a quick
script for this I would really appreciate it.
I need to move any files from dir1 to dir2 if they don't already exist
in dir2 with a slightly different filename. The dir1 files are named
like a-1.jpg and the dir2 files are named
Grant asks:
Feel free to ignore me here, but if anyone could whip out a quick
script for this I would really appreciate it.
Whipped. Be sure to test it, because I did not :) Remove the echo statement
when you are sure it works.
I need to move any files from dir1 to dir2 if they don't
On Wednesday 25 June 2008, Grant wrote:
Feel free to ignore me here, but if anyone could whip out a quick
script for this I would really appreciate it.
I need to move any files from dir1 to dir2 if they don't already
exist in dir2 with a slightly different filename. The dir1 files are
named
Feel free to ignore me here, but if anyone could whip out a quick
script for this I would really appreciate it.
I need to move any files from dir1 to dir2 if they don't already
exist in dir2 with a slightly different filename. The dir1 files are
named like a-1.jpg and the dir2 files are
Grant asks:
Thanks guys, can you tell me how to execute this? Put it in a file
and './file' I think? Should I have special stuff at the top of the
file?
Yes, a '#!/bin/bash', it you want top have thsi as a script. You need to
make it executable, too: chmod +x file
But you can also leave
On Wednesday 25 June 2008, Grant wrote:
Feel free to ignore me here, but if anyone could whip out a quick
script for this I would really appreciate it.
I need to move any files from dir1 to dir2 if they don't already
exist in dir2 with a slightly different filename. The dir1 files
are
Feel free to ignore me here, but if anyone could whip out a quick
script for this I would really appreciate it.
I need to move any files from dir1 to dir2 if they don't already
exist in dir2 with a slightly different filename. The dir1 files
are named like a-1.jpg and the dir2 files
Grant asks:
cd dir1
for i in *jpg
do
j = basename $i .jpg
cp -u ${j}.jpg dir2/${j}_original.jpg
done
'cp -u' works around the messy problem of checking if the
destination file exists
[...]
I put the above script in a file, added the appropriate header, issued
chmod,
cd dir1
for i in *jpg
do
j = basename $i .jpg
cp -u ${j}.jpg dir2/${j}_original.jpg
done
'cp -u' works around the messy problem of checking if the
destination file exists
[...]
I put the above script in a file, added the appropriate header, issued
chmod, and when I
On Wednesday 25 June 2008, Grant wrote:
This:
j = basename $i .jpg
should be more like this:
j=$( basename $i .jpg )
Or: j=${i%.jpg}
That is, there must be no whitespace around the '='. And in order
to set j to the result of a command, use $( command ) or `
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:42:47 +0200
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Isn't there a little known and unused but very useful command that
already does this? This type of usage often comes up on mailing lists
and invariably someone mentions it after 20 posts or so, but I can
never
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