This is just me celebrating a small win. I’ve been slowly learning bash scripting, and just now I was able to quickly write a simple bash script to automate a file moving task without referring to my notes or the web!

It’s not a super complicated script, I’m just happy I’m starting to internalize the knowledge I’ve been building.

I’ve been organizing my media files after ripping our DVD collection. I had all the files for The Smurfs cartoon (love the Smurfs) in the main Smurfs show folder. I wanted to put them all into their respective season folders (Season.XX). Here’s the script:

#! /bin/bash

for number in {01..09}; do
	find . -type f -name "The.Smurfs.S$number*" -exec mv {} Season.$number/ \;
done

I could have done it as a one liner, but I like to keep things like this for future reference.

  • LupusBlackfur
    24•4 days ago

    Pfft…

    Good job.

    The “one liner” thing is entirely overrated.

    Honestly, who the fuck cares…?? 🤷🤷

    • @[email protected]OP
      6•4 days ago

      Thank you! I always worry with a one liner that I’ll fuck something up in a bad way. In a script it helps me think about the process since it’s more visually structured, and for me it’s easier to test.