Bash Script to sort video files to correct folders
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That's great information. I'm slowly figuring it all out.
When I attempt to run the script I get:
/home/tim/bin/download_clean_sort.sh: line 30: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `)'
/home/tim/bin/download_clean_sort.sh: line 64: syntax error: unexpected end of file
I thought that by adding a second ) just before the ; would fix it but I then get more errors. Where should that second ) go?
Cheers
Tim
It would be easier to use:
Code:
$(stat --printf "%s\n" filename)
Much simpler than the "$(ls -l <some FILENAME> | awk '{print $5}')" which is a bit awkward and slow
OK - I have now seen the error, which occurs if no file with a particular extension is present.
As grail suggested, adding the nullglob setting suppresses the error here.
Code:
#!/bin/bash
topdir="/home/tim/readynas/Tim/Download/Downloaded/"
cd "$topdir"
longform="/home/tim/readynas/Videos/Longform/"
shortform="/home/tim/readynas/Videos/Shortform/"
(( limit=2*1024*1024*1024 ))
shopt -s nullglob
shopt -s globstar
for f in **/*.{avi,m4v,mkv,mp4,wmv}; do
(( $(stat -c %s "$f") > limit )) && mv "$f" "$longform" || mv "$f" "$shortform"
done
shopt -u globstar
shopt -u nullglob
OK - I have now seen the error, which occurs if no file with a particular extension is present.
As grail suggested, adding the nullglob setting suppresses the error here.
Code:
#!/bin/bash
topdir="/home/tim/readynas/Tim/Download/Downloaded/"
cd "$topdir"
longform="/home/tim/readynas/Videos/Longform/"
shortform="/home/tim/readynas/Videos/Shortform/"
(( limit=2*1024*1024*1024 ))
shopt -s nullglob
shopt -s globstar
for f in **/*.{avi,m4v,mkv,mp4,wmv}; do
(( $(stat -c %s "$f") > limit )) && mv "$f" "$longform" || mv "$f" "$shortform"
done
shopt -u globstar
shopt -u nullglob
Many thanks for all the great help. I'm learning a lot from these examples.
Tim
OK - I have now seen the error, which occurs if no file with a particular extension is present.
As grail suggested, adding the nullglob setting suppresses the error here.
Code:
#!/bin/bash
topdir="/home/tim/readynas/Tim/Download/Downloaded/"
cd "$topdir"
longform="/home/tim/readynas/Videos/Longform/"
shortform="/home/tim/readynas/Videos/Shortform/"
(( limit=2*1024*1024*1024 ))
shopt -s nullglob
shopt -s globstar
for f in **/*.{avi,m4v,mkv,mp4,wmv}; do
(( $(stat -c %s "$f") > limit )) && mv "$f" "$longform" || mv "$f" "$shortform"
done
shopt -u globstar
shopt -u nullglob
Many thanks for all the great help. I'm learning a lot from these examples.
Tim
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