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01-18-2011

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The alias works like this:

Code:

homeperm bigger-than-life-xhd.jpg http://www.wd.com/store/drives/excalibur-premium-26tb-portable-sata-hd.jpg

(just something off the top of my head)

You'll notice that the name I'm giving the file and it's source URL are on the same line as the alias. I'm positive that this is because aliases, by definition, often substitute one word for two, or are used in place of particular commands that are easily confused with others the same binary might employ. cUrl also has, on its man page, a curl -O command -- the original reason for creating this alias was that I couldn't remember which "o" did what.

Does this explain it adequately?

BZT

---------- Post updated at 14:02 ---------- Previous update was at 13:57 ----------

I know an alias invoking a function or script can be made to perform a simple task on a local file. I have another alias, ditto, that starts a script called mditto, the code of which looks like this:

Code:

	d=$(exiv2 -g Iptc.Application2.FixtureId -Pv $1 2>/dev/null)
	if [[ "d" != "" ]]; then
		exiv2 -M"set Iptc.Application2.ObjectName $d" -k $1
		echo -e "RUBBERSTAMP: $1; '$d' to ObjectName field"
		echo -e "Thank Irfan for me next time you see him!"
	else
		echo -ne "Ditto what? There's no Fixture ID data in $1."
		echo -ne "I'll pass on this one thanks."
	fi

"$1" is the variable (placeholder?) for the file to be worked on. If I had a "$1" with a value of

Quote:

bigger-than-life-xhd.jpg http://www.wd.com/store/drives/excalibur-premium-26tb-portable-sata-hd.jpg

...I suppose I could use 'cut' or a string builtin to break it into two variables at the space, give those values to cUrl, stat (for) the date on "bigger-than-life-xhd.jpg" and pass the mod date from that to Exiv2 to annotate the file.

Does it sound like I'm on the right track? I'll try some code in a short while, test it, and if I run into a wall I'll be back round to ask where I'm coming up short.

BZT

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