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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) Batch file to move video files and retain sub-directories Post 302522316 by mm0mss on Saturday 14th of May 2011 10:30:08 AM
Old 05-14-2011
Batch file to move video files and retain sub-directories
I have just purchased my first ever Apple computer - and am therefore new to UNIX also.

I would like to create a simple "batch file" (apologies if this is the wrong terminology) to do the following:

When I plug my camera into the MAC it automatically downloads photos and videos into a new sub-directory inside the "Pictures" folder, the new folder name is the date on which the photos were taken.
eg,
Pictures\2011-04-28

The problem is it puts both photos (jpg) and videos (avi) into this folder. I want to separate the photos from the videos.

I need a script which will move the videos to a new folder inside "Movies" but retains the date based sub-directory name.
eg,
Movies\2011-04-28

I hope this makes sense!

Thanks in advance.
 

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codeblocks

man(1)							     Code::Blocks IDE man page							    man(1)

NAME

       Code::Blocks - The open-source, cross-platform IDE

SYNOPSIS

       codeblocks  [-h]  [-ns] [-d] [--prefix <str>] [-p <str>] [--profile <str>] [--rebuild] [--build] [--target <str>] [--no-batch-window-close]
       [--batch-build-notify] [filename(s)...]

DESCRIPTION

       codeblocks launches the Code::Blocks IDE. Its various command-line arguments are listed below.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
	       Displays the list of accepted command-line arguments.

       -ns     Do not display a splash screen on startup. The splash screen can be completely disabled in the program's environment options.

       -d      Enable the debugging log.

       --prefix
	       Specify an alternate path for Code::Blocks to find its shared files.

       -p, --profile
	       Set which profile to use. If you set the profile to ask , Code::Blocks will display a list with all the known  profiles	to  choose
	       from.

       --rebuild
	       Start  a batch rebuild (i.e. "clean" and "build") job on the filenames passed as arguments. The filenames can be either projects or
	       workspaces.

       --build Start a batch build (i.e. no "clean") job on the  filenames  passed  as	arguments.   The  filenames  can  be  either  projects	or
	       workspaces.

       --target
	       Specify a single build target to build in the batch build (or rebuild) job.

       --no-batch-window-close
	       When the batch job ends, the log window closes too. This option keeps it open until you manually close it.

       --batch-build-notify
	       Display a message when the batch job finishes.

EXAMPLES

       Batch build myproject.cpp, only the "Debug" target and keep the batch job window open when finished:
       codeblocks --build --target="Debug" --no-batch-window-close myproject.cbp

       Batch rebuild everything in myproject.cpp:
       codeblocks --rebuild myproject.cbp

AUTHOR

       Yiannis "mandrav" Mandravellos (mandrav@codeblocks.org)

HISTORY

       2006 - Initial version

1.0								   10 July 2006 							    man(1)
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