On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 01:00:51PM -0500, Drew Cohan wrote:
> 1. How do I combine these two (JPG vs jpg):
>
> for f in /path/to/*.JPG; do mv "$f" `date +%N`.jpg; done
> for f in /path/to/*.jpg; do mv "$f" `date +%N`.jpg; done
that's really simple:
for f in /path/to/*.[jJ][pP][gG]; do mv "$f" $(date +%N).jpg; done
But, what's the %N format supposed to do? Can't find it in the docs.
Maybe you ment the -uTsec flag instead? Anyhow, it seems that this
snipped will leave you with a very few files. as most get the same
name:]
> I'm trying to avoid duplicate filenames during my renaming sessions.
Ah, demanding are we, he:) One way to keep the names uniq is to number
them, this will complicate the script beyond what I like for shell
scripting, so why not switch to the best you can get for (interactive)
scripting and go for Python instead? But if you insist:
n=1
for f in /path/to/*.[jJ][pP][gG]; do
mv "$f" $(date -uTsec)+$((n++)).jpg
done
> 2. What does the "2>/dev/null>&1" mean that I see in a lot of examples
> (eg ls 2>/dev/null/>&1).
I doubt you'll ever find that one, it looks like a contraction of:
2>/dev/null this redirects stderr to the bottomless bitbucket.
and
2>&1 this redirects stderr to stdout, so it merges the two
> I really should take a shell scripting class. :)
Nah, better go for Python (or Perl if you're into SM:)
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groetjes, carel
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