Generate Document Library From Text File

rebuild-dl-from-filelist.sh

#!/bin/bash

#
# Generate the Source file using: find -type f > filelist.txt
#

if [ $# -lt 1 ];
then 
	echo "Usage: $0 dl-filelist.txt [placeholder]"
else
	IFS=$'\n'
	FILELIST=$1
	PLACEHOLDER='placeholder.jpg'
	
	if [ $# -eq 2 ];
	then 
		PLACEHOLDER=$2
	fi

	echo "Compiling file list..."
	numFiles=`cat $FILELIST | wc -l`
	currFile=0
	skipFile=0
	
	for i in `cat $FILELIST`; 
	do
		if [ -e $i ] ;
		then
			((skipFile++))
		else
			echo -ne 'Copying file' $currFile 'of ' $numFiles '...\r'
			mkdir -p `dirname $i`
			cp  $PLACEHOLDER $i
			((currFile++))
		fi
	done

	echo ""
	echo "$numFiles total files."
	echo "$currFile files copied."
	echo "$skipFile files skipped."	
	echo "Done!"
fi