show_ff_data.sh

# Display files numbers from an ff directory
# Add this function to ~/.bashrc
function show_ff_data() {
    # Find all directories with name ff and loop over them
    find "$@" -not -empty -name "ff" -print | while read f; do
        # Show directory name
        echo "$f"
        # Get size of all contents in the directory (in bytes)
        tot_byte_size=$(du -b "$f")
        # By default du prints the folder name too. Strip that.
        tot_byte_size=($tot_byte_size)
        tot_byte_size=${tot_byte_size[0]}
        # Estimate number of FF frames assuming one frame = 2048*2048*2 bytes
        num_frames_estimate=$( echo $tot_byte_size / 8388608 | bc )
        # Get size of all contents in a human readable unit (M, G, T)
        tot_file_size=$(du -h "$f")
        tot_file_size=($tot_file_size)
        # Print total size and frame number estimate
        echo Total size = ${tot_file_size[0]}, Estimated frames = $num_frames_estimate
        # List the contents of the folders
        filenames1=$(eval ls \'"$f"\' | tr '\n' ' ')
        filelist=''
        # Clean up the filenames assuming ff_%5d.ge2 format
        for filename in $filenames1
        do
            filenum1=${filename:3:5}
            filenum=$(echo $filenum1 | sed 's/^0*//')
            filelist+=", $filenum"
        done
        filelist1=${filelist:2}
        # Print comma separated list of file numbers
        echo $filelist1
    done
}

The output of this command can be used in the heXRD config files.