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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Usage: ./organize_screenshots.sh /path/to/screenshots | |
| # Check if argument is provided | |
| if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then | |
| echo "❌ Error: No directory specified." | |
| echo "Usage: $0 /path/to/screenshots" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| screenshot_dir="$1" | |
| # Check if directory exists | |
| if [[ ! -d "$screenshot_dir" ]]; then | |
| echo "❌ Error: Directory '$screenshot_dir' does not exist." | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| # Check if directory is readable | |
| if [[ ! -r "$screenshot_dir" ]]; then | |
| echo "❌ Error: Directory '$screenshot_dir' is not readable." | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| # Check if there are any files in the directory | |
| shopt -s nullglob | |
| filelist=("$screenshot_dir"/*) | |
| if [ ${#filelist[@]} -eq 0 ]; then | |
| echo "ℹ️ No files to process in $screenshot_dir" | |
| exit 0 | |
| fi | |
| shopt -u nullglob | |
| # Organize files into Year-Month subfolders | |
| for file in "${filelist[@]}"; do | |
| # Skip directories | |
| if [[ -d "$file" ]]; then | |
| continue | |
| fi | |
| # Extract year and month from file's modification time | |
| year_month=$(stat -f "%Sm" -t "%Y-%m" "$file") | |
| # Create directory if it doesn't exist | |
| target_directory="$screenshot_dir/$year_month" | |
| if [[ ! -d "$target_directory" ]]; then | |
| mkdir "$target_directory" | |
| fi | |
| # Move the file to the corresponding directory | |
| mv "$file" "$target_directory/" | |
| done | |
| # Delete (move to Trash) any files older than 3 months | |
| echo "🧹 Moving files older than 3 months to Trash..." | |
| find "$screenshot_dir" -type f -mtime +90 -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' oldfile; do | |
| echo " → Trashing: $oldfile" | |
| trash "$oldfile" | |
| done | |
| echo "✅ Done!" |
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