Good morning,
I'm coming in late on this, so apologies if I'm way off target.
On 4/12/14 at 9:55 AM -0800, Martin Post
<[email protected]> wrote:
Well; this has to sound lazy, but I had really hoped for a way
to process whatever is in "A" and copy it to "B" without any
manual intervention; maybe even triggered by changes (= new
files) in "A".
Automating copies has to be one of the easiest things to script.
Don't let making a folder copy stop you automating the process.
It's (almost) always a good idea to make a copy before doing
bulk changes; just delete original folder when done, and rename
new folder. They are all common (& easy) scripting operations.
Thank you for your answers, everyone. I might just "change
horses" and have someone code a PHP script to do this,
including the text processing. BBEdit still does a million
other great things for me.
PHP?? Really? For what reason? It would have to be one of the
worst tools for text manipulation. I'd even grab python before I
grabbed for PHP. I prefer tools originally designed for text
manipulation, such as "Practical Extraction and Reporting
Language" (AKA Perl).
But again, I missed your original query, so I could be off
target with that suggestion.
Charlie
PS. Perl has other common abbreviation meanings, I purposefully
ignored them for this conversation.
PPS. No python slurs intended; I believe in personal choice, as
long as its personal, and not just following the herd. Python
does have good uses.
PPPS. PHP slurs were very intentional. I've yet to see the usage
in which PHP is the best solution. But no desire for flame wars,
arguing personal choices is fruitless.
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