I'm trying to create a bash script that will move all files recursively from a source folder to a target folder, and simply rename files if they already exist. Similar to the way M$ Windows does, when a file exists it auto-renames it with "<filemame> (X).<ext>"
, etc. except for ALL files.
I've create the below, which works fine for almost all scenarios except when a folder has a (.) period in its name and a file within that folder has no extension (no period in its name).
eg a folder-path-file such as: "./oldfolder/this.folder/filenamewithoutextension"
I get (incorrectly):
"./newfolder/this (1).folder/filenamewithoutextension"
if "./newfolder/this.folder/filenamewithoutextension"
already exist in the target location (./newfolder
),
instead of correctly naming the new file: "./oldfolder/this.folder/filenamewithoutextension (1)"
#!/bin/bash
source=$1 ; target=$2 ;
if [ "$source" != "" ] && [ "$target" != "" ] ; then
#recursive file search
find "$source" -type f -exec bash -c '
#setup variables
oldfile="$1" ; osource='"${source}"' ; otarget='"${target}"' ;
#set new target filename with target path
newfile="${oldfile/${osource}/${otarget}}" ;
#check if file already exists at target
[ -f "${newfile}" ] && {
#get the filename and fileextension for numbering - ISSUE HERE?
filename="${newfile%/}" ; newfileext="${newfile##*.}" ;
#compare filename and file extension for missing extension
if [ "$filename" == "$newfileext" ] ; then
#filename has no ext - perhaps fix the folder with a period issue here?
newfileext="" ;
else
newfileext=".$newfileext" ;
fi
#existing files counter
cnt=1 ; while [ -f "${newfile%.*} (${cnt})${newfileext}" ] ; do ((cnt+=1)); done
#set new filename with counter - New Name created here *** Needs re-work, as folder with a period = fail
newfile="${newfile%.*} (${cnt})${newfileext}";
}
#show mv command
echo "mv \"$oldfile\" \"${newfile}\""
' _ {} \;
else
echo "Requires source and target folders";
fi
I suspect the issue is, how to properly identify the filename and extension, found in this line:
filename="${newfile%/}" ; newfileext="${newfile##*.}"
which doesn't identify a filename properly (files are always after the last /).
Any suggestion on how to make it work properly?
UPDATED: Just some completion notes - Issues fixes with:
- Initially Splitting each full path filename: path - filename - (optional ext)
- Reconstructing the full path filename: path - filename - counter - (optional ext)
- fixed the file move to ensure directory structure exists with mkdir -p (mv does not create new folders if they do not exist in the target location).