02-15-2010
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Originally Posted by
aflower
Thanks, that looks like just the right thing :-)
But, how do I execute it?
I've saved it as split.sh, added #!/bin/bash at the beginning and chmod'ed it 777, then tried to run it (both as normal
Not a good idea. Files should rarely, if ever, have world write permissions. Usually 755 is enough.
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user and as root) with ./split.sh, but I only get bash: ./split.sh: Permission denied or bash: ./split.sh: /bin/bash: bad interpreter: Permission denied
Did you write the file on a Windows box? If so, you need to remove the carriage returns.
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I've also tried to run it without the #!/bin/bash, but it won't run.
edit: I just ran it from the commandline now, and it seems to be working, kinda. I ran it in a directory I made for testing, and it seems like it fails when it tries to cd "$splitdir".
If I change the command to echo "$splitdir", I get this output: ./Iron Maiden/1980 Album - Iron Maiden [GIR - FLAC - 1998 remaster]/split. I guess the problem here is that spaces needs to be escaped. Any input on that?
Spaces in a directory name (as repugnant as they are) will not affect the script as the variable is quoted.
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All the FLAC-files in my test directory were deleted however, so I guess it was wise to test it first, hehe. I also have a backup of everything else, in case something goes wrong when the script is ready to do it's job
For testing, it is common practice to precede rm with echo.
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git-mv
GIT-MV(1) Git Manual GIT-MV(1)
NAME
git-mv - Move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink
SYNOPSIS
git mv <options>... <args>...
DESCRIPTION
This script is used to move or rename a file, directory or symlink.
git mv [-v] [-f] [-n] [-k] <source> <destination>
git mv [-v] [-f] [-n] [-k] <source> ... <destination directory>
In the first form, it renames <source>, which must exist and be either a file, symlink or directory, to <destination>. In the second form,
the last argument has to be an existing directory; the given sources will be moved into this directory.
The index is updated after successful completion, but the change must still be committed.
OPTIONS
-f, --force
Force renaming or moving of a file even if the target exists
-k
Skip move or rename actions which would lead to an error condition. An error happens when a source is neither existing nor controlled
by GIT, or when it would overwrite an existing file unless -f is given.
-n, --dry-run
Do nothing; only show what would happen
-v, --verbose
Report the names of files as they are moved.
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