Update timestamps (touch) for files under specified directory.

ts-update.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Global variable for verbose mode
VERBOSE=false

# Function to update timestamps recursively
update_timestamps() {
    local dir="$1"
    local full_path
    
    # Use absolute path if directory starts with /, otherwise treat as relative to pwd
    if [[ "$dir" = /* ]]; then
        full_path="$dir"
    else
        full_path="$(pwd)/$dir"
    fi
    
    if [[ ! -d "$full_path" ]]; then
        echo "Warning: Directory '$full_path' does not exist"
        return 1
    fi
    
    echo "Updating timestamps in: $full_path"
    
    # Update timestamps for all files and directories recursively
    if [[ "$VERBOSE" == "true" ]]; then
        find "$full_path" -exec sh -c 'printf "\r\033[KProcessing: %s" "$1"; touch "$1"' _ {} \;
        echo ""  # Print newline at the end
    else
        find "$full_path" -exec touch {} \;
    fi
}

# Check if arguments are provided
if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 [-v] <directory1> [directory2] [directory3] ..."
    echo "Options:"
    echo "  -v    Verbose mode - print each file being processed"
    echo "Example: $0 -v src data config"
    exit 1
fi

# Parse options
while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
    case $1 in
        -v|--verbose)
            VERBOSE=true
            shift
            ;;
        -*)
            echo "Unknown option: $1"
            exit 1
            ;;
        *)
            break
            ;;
    esac
done

# Check if any directories are specified after parsing options
if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
    echo "Error: No directories specified"
    echo "Usage: $0 [-v] <directory1> [directory2] [directory3] ..."
    exit 1
fi

# Process each directory argument
for dir in "$@"; do
    update_timestamps "$dir"
done

echo "Timestamp update completed"