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Script to move files from iPhoto exports into appropriate subfolders
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# iphoto2folders.sh | |
# | |
# Script to move files from iPhoto exports into appropriate subfolders | |
# (according file name prefix as chosen in iPhoto, here "Events". | |
# | |
# First, in iPhoto select all events and do Photos > Batch Change | |
# Set Title to Event Name | |
# With all events highlighted, export events a folder somewhere, for filename use title | |
# Photos will be exported with filename of "event - number.jpg" (ex: Animals - 0004.jpg) | |
# | |
# Set the iphoto_dir variable below to the full path of the directory | |
# | |
# Written by Martin Michel, Jan 2017 | |
# (inspired by http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20081108132735425) | |
shopt -s extglob | |
IFS=$'\n' | |
iphoto_dir='/home/martin/Public/Shared_Pictures/iPhoto_Export/' | |
cd $iphoto_dir | |
dirs=(`ls -1 | awk -F' - ' '{print $1}' | sort -u`) | |
for event in ${dirs[*]} | |
do | |
if [ ! -d $event ] | |
then mkdir $event | |
fi | |
for filename in $event*@(.jpg|.MOV|.AVI|.mp4|.mov) | |
do | |
mv $filename $event/`echo $filename | awk -F' - ' '{print $2}'` | |
done | |
done |
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