I need help to write a script that will receive arguments that are directories in the current directory and browse that directory.
If found, and it's a and directory the script adds the following extension: .aaa
But if it found a file that is pdf, or zip or mp3, it should add the following extension: .bbb
We suppose that the files do not have any extension yet
Example:
if it found the directory hello it should remane it as hello.aaa and if it find a pdf file name myfile it remanes it as myfile.pdf,
Am not sure if should use case ... in or something else:
#!/bin/sh
for dir in "$#"; do
for file in "$dir"/*;
do
if [[ -d $file ]]
then
ext=dir
else
file *
if ???????? then ext=pdf; # am not sure how to set the condition so that if teh file found is pdf to add the extension PDF.
else
if ???????? ext=zip # same thing if teh file found is zip
else
if ?????? ext=mp3 # samething if the file found is mp3
done
done
#!/bin/sh
for dir in "$#"; do
for file in "$dir"/*; do
# protect against empty dirs - the shell just passes a
# literal asterisk along in this case
case $file in
"$dir/*")
continue
;;
esac
if [ -d "$file" ]; then
ext=aaa
continue
fi
case $(file "$file") in
"gzip compressed"*)
ext=gzip
;;
"whatever file(1) says for PDFs")
ext=pdf
;;
"MP3"*)
ext=mp3
;;
# et cetera
esac
done
done
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I'm trying to automate the packaging of files and contents from various sources using a bash script.
I have a main directory which contains pdf files, a csv file, and various folders with additional contents. The folders are named with the location code they pertain to, e.g. 190, 191, etc.
A typical row in my csv file looks like this: form_letters_Part1.pdf,PX_A31_smith.adam.pdf,190,
Where the first column is the original pdf name, the second is what it will be renamed to, and the third column is the location code the person belongs to.
The first part of my script renames the pdf files from the cover letters format to the PX_A31... format, and then creates a directory for each file and moves them into it.
#!/usr/bin/tcsh bash
sed 's/"//g' rename_list_lab.csv | while IFS=, read orig new num; do
mv "$orig" "$new"
done
echo 'Rename Done.'
for file in *.pdf; do
mkdir "${file%.*}"
mv "$file" "${file%.*}"
done
echo 'Directory creation done.'
What needs to happen next is the folders with the location-specific contents get copied into those new directories just created, corresponding to the location code from the csv file.
So I tried this after the above echo 'Directory Creation Done.' line:
echo 'Directory Creation Done.'
sed 's/"//g' rename_list.csv | while IFS=, read orig new num; do
for folder in *; do
if [[ -d .* = "$num" ]]; then
cp -R "$folder" "${file%.*}"
fi
done
echo 'Code Folder Contents Sort Done.'
However this results in a syntax error:
syntax error in conditional expression
syntax error near `='
` if [[ -d .* = "$num" ]]; then'
EDIT: To clarify the second part if statement, the intended logic of the statement is as follows: For the items in the current directory, if it is a directory, and the name of the directory matches the location code from the csv, that directory should be copied to any directories which have that same corresponding location code in the csv.
In other words, if the newly created directory from the first part is PX_A31_smith.adam whose location code in the csv line above is 190, then the folder called 190 should be copied into the directory PX_A31_smith.adam.
If three other people also have the 190 code in the csv, the 190 directory should also be copied to those as well.
EDIT 2: I resolved the syntax error, and also realized I had an nonterminated do statement. Fixing those, still seem to be having trouble with the evaluation of the if statement. Updated script below:
#!/usr/bin/tcsh bash
sed 's/"//g' rename_list.csv | while IFS=, read orig new num; do
mv "$orig" "$new"
done
echo '1 Done.'
for file in *.pdf; do
mkdir "${file%.*}"
mv "$file" "${file%.*}"
done
echo '2 done.'
sed 's/"//g' rename_list.csv | while IFS=, read orig new num; do
for folder in * ; do
if [[ .* = "$num" ]]; then
cp -R "$folder" "${file%.*}"
else echo "No matches found."
fi
done
done
echo '3 Done.'
I'm not really sure if this answers your question, but I think it will at least set you on the right track. Structurally, I just combined all of the loops into one. This removes some of the possible logic errors that would not be considered syntax errors like the use of $file in the second part. This is a local variable to the loop in the first part and no longer exists. However, this would be interpreted as an empty string.
#!/usr/bin/bash
#^Fixed shebang line.
sed 's/"//g' rename_list.csv | while IFS=, read -r orig new num; do
if [[ -f $orig ]]; then #If the file we want to rename is indeed a file.
mkdir "${new%.*}" #make the directory from the file name you want
mv "$orig" "${new%.*}/$new" #Rename when we move the file into the new directory
if [[ -d $num ]]; then #If the number directory exists
cp -R "$num" "${new%.*}" #Fixed this based on your edit.
else
#Here you can handle what to do if the number directory does not exist.
echo "$num is not a directory."
fi
else
#Here you can handle what to do if the file does not exist.
echo "The file $orig does not exist."
fi
done
Edited based on your clarification
Note: This is pretty lacking as far as error checking goes. Remember, any of these functions could fail, which will have unwanted behavior. Either check if [[ $? != 0 ]] to check the exit status (0 being success) of the last issued command. You could also do something like mkdir somedir || exit 2 to exit on failure.
I want to know if my file exists in any of the sub directories below. The sub directories are created in the steps above in my shell script, the below code always tells me the file do not exist (even if it does) and I want the path to be printed as well.
#!/bin/bash
....
if ! [[ -e [ **/**/somefile.txt && -s **/**/somefile.txt ]]; then
echo "===> Warn: somefile.txt was not created in the following path: "
# I want to be able to print the path in which file is not generated
exit 1
fi
I know the file name is somefile.txt which is to be created in all sub-directories, but the subdirectory names change a lot.. Hence globbing.
#!/bin/bash
shopt -s extglob ## enable **, which by default has no special behavior
for d in **/; do
if ! [[ -s "$d/somefile.txt" ]]; then
echo "===> WARN: somefile.txt was not created (or is empty) in $d" >&2
exit 1
fi
done
I have a bash script, which goes through list of directories and if some directory contains zip files it bind zip file name into variable and perform some actions over it and then goes to another in this dir. Unfortunately, it works when there is one zip file per directory. If more - it gives error "Binary operator expected"
Script:
if [ -e $currdir/*.zip ]; then
for file in $currdir/*.zip; do
echo the zip is "${file##*/}"
done
Please help me to rework script accordingly.
If you need exactly check then you can use:
if [[ -n $(echo "$currdir"/*.zip) ]]; then
for f in "$currdir"/*.zip; do
echo "Processing $f file..";
done
fi
But I'd prefer just looping over files that contain *.zip extension:
for f in "$currdir"/*.zip; do
echo "Processing $f file..";
done
Use
for file in "$currdir"/*.zip; do
[ -e "$file" ] || continue
echo the zip is "${file##*/}"
done
As pointed out in the comments the glob will happen in the shell, then [ is called with the output, i.e:
[ -e * ]
will become:
[ -e Desktop Documents Downloads ... ]
Therefore trying to expand and checking in the for iteration will work.
Please see: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/WordSplitting and http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/expansion/globs
I think the case construct is too often overlooked.
case *.jpg in *.jpg ) echo found files ;; * ) echo no files found ;; esac
produces the correct message in my dir with 1000s+ jpgs ;-)
Change both references from jpg to zip and see if it works for you.
IHTH
I have this snippet:
#!/bin/bash
parent=/parent
newfolder=/newfolder
mkdir "$newfolder"
for folder in "$parent"/*; do
if [[ -d $folder ]]; then
foldername="${folder##*/}"
for file in "$parent"/"$foldername"/*; do
filename="${file##*/}"
newfilename="$foldername"_"$filename"
cp "$file" "$newfolder"/"$newfilename"
done
fi
done
I do need to turn it around in a way that the copied files would be named after the folder they are being moved to (e.g. moving to the /root/Case22 files would be renamed to case22_1.jpg, case22_2.docx, case22_3.JPG etc). The files would be copied from USB and both destination and source directries would be entered by the user. I have written everything else and it works apart from actual renaming and thought I could adapt this snippet.
thanks
p.s. the snippet is written by Jahid and found on stackoverflow
you can try something like this;
#!/bin/bash
parent=/root
a=1
for file in $parent/Case22*; do
filename="${file%.*}"
extension="${file##*.}"
newfilename=$(printf "$filename"_"$a"."$extension")
mv -- "$file" "$newfilename"
let a=a+1
done
Thanks for the help. I have found the solution and thought I might post it here in case someone else will be looking at this.
As the title suggests I needed a Linux shell script to copy and rename multiple files keeping original directory tree (the file source and archive locations would be specified by the user of the script). Here is the code that I came up with after few days research of different sources (it includes a trap so only one instance of script would be running at a time):
lockdir=/var/tmp/mylock #directory for lock file creation
pidfile=/var/tmp/mylock/pid #directory to get the process ID number
if ( mkdir ${lockdir} ) 2> /dev/null; then #main argument to create lock file
echo $$ > $pidfile #if successful script will proceed, otherwise it will skip to the else part of the statement at the end of the script
trap 'rm -rf "$lockdir"; exit $?' INT TERM EXIT #trap to capture reasons of script termination and removal of the lock file so it could be launched again
#start of the main script body, part of successful "if" statement
# read entry_for_testing_only #request for user entry to keep script running and try to run another script instance
findir="$2/$(basename "$1")" #variable that defines final directory to which files from USB will be copied
if [ ! -d "$1" ]; then #testing if first directory entry is a valid directory’’
echo "$1" "is not a directory"
echo ""
exit
else
if [ ! -d "$2" ]; then #testing if second entry is a valid directory
echo "archive directory non existant"
exit
else
if [ -d "$findir" ] && [ "$(ls -A "$findir")" ]; then #testing if second entry directory contains the same name folders and if the folders are empty - to avoid file overwriting
echo "such folder already there and it's not empty"
exit
else
if [ ! -d "$findir" ] ; then #last archive directory argument to create final archive directory
mkdir "$findir"
else true
fi
fi
fi
fi
rsync -a "$1"/ "$findir" #command to copy all files from the source to the archive retaining the directory tree
moved_files="$(find "$findir" -type f)" #variable that finds all files that have been copied to the archive directory
for file in $moved_files; do #start of the loop that renames copied files
counter="$((counter+1))" #incrementation variable
source_name="$(basename "$1")" #variable that captures the name of the source directory
new_name="$source_name"_"$counter" #variable that puts start of the file name and incrementation element together
if echo "$file" | grep "\." #argument that captures the extension of the file
then
extension="$(echo "$file" | cut -f2 -d. )"
else
extension=
fi
full_name="$new_name"."$extension" #variable that defines the final new name of the file
dir="$(dirname "${file}")" #variable that captures the directorry address of currently looped file
mv "$file" "$dir/$full_name" #move command to rename currently looped file with the final new name
done
#end of the main script body, unsuccessful "if" statement continues here
else
echo "Another instance of this script is already running. PID: $(cat $pidfile)"
fi
Anyone able to help me out? I have a shell script I am working on but for the loop below the command after "echo "first file is $firstbd" is not being executed.. the $PROBIN/proutil ?? Not sure why this is...
Basically I have a list of files in a directory (*.list), I grab them and read the first line and pass it as a parameter to the cmdlet then move the .list and the content of the .list to another directory (the .list has a list of files with full path).
for i in $(ls $STAGEDIR/*.list); do
echo "Working with $i"
# grab first .bd file
firstbd=`head -1 $i`
echo "First file is $firstbd"
$PROBIN/proutil $DBENV/$DBNAME -C load $firstbd tenant $TENANT -dumplist $STAGEDIR/$i.list >> $WRKDIR/$i.load.log
#move the list and its content to finished folder
binlist=`cat $i`
for movethis in $binlist; do
echo "Moving file $movethis to $STAGEDIR/finished"
mv $movethis $STAGEDIR/finished/
done
echo "Finished working with list $i"
echo "Moving it to $STAGEDIR/finished"
mv $i $STAGEDIR/finished/
done
The error I was getting is..
./tableload.sh: line 107: /usr4/dlc/bin/proutil /usr4/testdbs/xxxx2 -C load /usr4/dumpdir/xxxxx.bd tenant xxxxx -dumplist /usr4/dumpdir/PUB.xxxxx.list >> /usr4/dumpdir/PUB.xxxx.list.load.log: A file or directory in the path name does not exist... however if I run "/usr4/dlc/bin/proutil"
The fix was to remove ">> $WRKDIR/$i.load.log".. the binary utility wouldn't run when trying to output results to file.. strange..
A couple of really bad practices here
parse the output of ls
not quoting variables
iterating the lines of a file with cat and for
As shelter comments, you don't check that you've created all the directories in the path for your log file.
A rewrite:
for i in "$STAGEDIR"/*.list; do
echo "Working with $i"
# grab first .bd file
firstbd=$(head -1 "$i")
echo "First file is $firstbd"
# ensure the output directory exists
logfile="$WRKDIR/$i.load.log"
mkdir -p "$(dirname "$logfile")"
"$PROBIN"/proutil "$DBENV/$DBNAME" -C load "$firstbd" tenant "$TENANT" -dumplist "$STAGEDIR/$i.list" >> "$logfile"
# move the list and its content to finished folder
while IFS= read -r movethis; do
echo "Moving file $movethis to $STAGEDIR/finished"
mv "$movethis" "$STAGEDIR"/finished/
done < "$i"
echo "Finished working with list $i"
echo "Moving it to $STAGEDIR/finished"
mv "$i" "$STAGEDIR"/finished/
done