Find, rename and copy files to a new directory
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I have 3 files under a directory that represents the time which is under a directory that represents a date. Each time directory has similar files. I'm basically saving earth's magnetosphere measurements.
Now what I'm trying to do is grab all ycut2.gif files, rename them sequentially with respect to the time and copy it to a directory ycut2 which will be located under the date directory, so I can combine them to create a gif for each day.
For instance,
14:58:31 > ycut2.gif -----(rename)--> 00.gif
15:21:39 > ycut2.gif -----(rename)--> 01.gif
15:52:30 > ycut2.gif -----(rename)--> 02.gif and so on...
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I have 3 files under a directory that represents the time which is under a directory that represents a date. Each time directory has similar files. I'm basically saving earth's magnetosphere measurements.
Now what I'm trying to do is grab all ycut2.gif files, rename them sequentially with respect to the time and copy it to a directory ycut2 which will be located under the date directory, so I can combine them to create a gif for each day.
For instance,
14:58:31 > ycut2.gif -----(rename)--> 00.gif
15:21:39 > ycut2.gif -----(rename)--> 01.gif
15:52:30 > ycut2.gif -----(rename)--> 02.gif and so on...
filemanager cp
asked May 13 at 23:07
chipChocolate.py
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I have 3 files under a directory that represents the time which is under a directory that represents a date. Each time directory has similar files. I'm basically saving earth's magnetosphere measurements.
Now what I'm trying to do is grab all ycut2.gif files, rename them sequentially with respect to the time and copy it to a directory ycut2 which will be located under the date directory, so I can combine them to create a gif for each day.
For instance,
14:58:31 > ycut2.gif -----(rename)--> 00.gif
15:21:39 > ycut2.gif -----(rename)--> 01.gif
15:52:30 > ycut2.gif -----(rename)--> 02.gif and so on...
filemanager cp
asked May 13 at 23:07
chipChocolate.py
1461213
I have 3 files under a directory that represents the time which is under a directory that represents a date. Each time directory has similar files. I'm basically saving earth's magnetosphere measurements.
Now what I'm trying to do is grab all ycut2.gif files, rename them sequentially with respect to the time and copy it to a directory ycut2 which will be located under the date directory, so I can combine them to create a gif for each day.
For instance,
14:58:31 > ycut2.gif -----(rename)--> 00.gif
15:21:39 > ycut2.gif -----(rename)--> 01.gif
15:52:30 > ycut2.gif -----(rename)--> 02.gif and so on...
filemanager cp
asked May 13 at 23:07
chipChocolate.py
1461213
asked May 13 at 23:07
chipChocolate.py
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It's easy! You can count in bash and produce/read a list of filenames:
declare -i num=0
destination="$PWD" # set to destination of files
find . -type f -name 'ycut2.gif` -print | sort | while read fn ; do
num=$(($num + 1 ))
# following line assumes no more than 99 files
j=printf "%02d" $num
cp "$fn" "$destination/$j.gif"
done
answered May 14 at 0:21
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1 Answer
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up vote
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down vote
accepted
It's easy! You can count in bash and produce/read a list of filenames:
declare -i num=0
destination="$PWD" # set to destination of files
find . -type f -name 'ycut2.gif` -print | sort | while read fn ; do
num=$(($num + 1 ))
# following line assumes no more than 99 files
j=printf "%02d" $num
cp "$fn" "$destination/$j.gif"
done
answered May 14 at 0:21
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It's easy! You can count in bash and produce/read a list of filenames:
declare -i num=0
destination="$PWD" # set to destination of files
find . -type f -name 'ycut2.gif` -print | sort | while read fn ; do
num=$(($num + 1 ))
# following line assumes no more than 99 files
j=printf "%02d" $num
cp "$fn" "$destination/$j.gif"
done
answered May 14 at 0:21
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up vote
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up vote
2
down vote
accepted
It's easy! You can count in bash and produce/read a list of filenames:
declare -i num=0
destination="$PWD" # set to destination of files
find . -type f -name 'ycut2.gif` -print | sort | while read fn ; do
num=$(($num + 1 ))
# following line assumes no more than 99 files
j=printf "%02d" $num
cp "$fn" "$destination/$j.gif"
done
answered May 14 at 0:21
waltinator
20.3k73968
It's easy! You can count in bash and produce/read a list of filenames:
declare -i num=0
destination="$PWD" # set to destination of files
find . -type f -name 'ycut2.gif` -print | sort | while read fn ; do
num=$(($num + 1 ))
# following line assumes no more than 99 files
j=printf "%02d" $num
cp "$fn" "$destination/$j.gif"
done
answered May 14 at 0:21
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answered May 14 at 0:21
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answered May 14 at 0:21
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