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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) Batch file to move video files and retain sub-directories Post 302522817 by DGPickett on Monday 16th of May 2011 04:55:40 PM
Old 05-16-2011
A shell script can do this for you. It needs to find all the avi files in Pictures, find all the target date dirs supporting those files, make any missing Movies dirs, and move the files.
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
 
cd Pictures
 
for f in */*.avi
do
 if [ "$f" = "*/*.avi"
 then
  break
 fi
 
 if [ ! -d ../Movies/"${f%/*}" ]
 then
  mkdir ../Movies/"${f%/*}"
 fi
 
 mv "$f" ../Movies/"$f"
done

You must tune this up for the actual absolute path of ?\Pictures\. I am assuming the slashes reverse in the shell world, not being a MAC guy.
 

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NAME

       FFDIAPORAMA - Movie creator

SYNTAX

       ffDiaporama [-lang=] [-loglevel=] [Filename]

DESCRIPTION

       ffDiaporama  is	an application for assembling photos and videos especially for preserving holiday memories. It is inspired by presentation
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OPTIONS

       Filename    Filename of the project file to load at application startup

       -lang=	   The language to be used. can take the following values:
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		     de To use German
		     en To use English
		     es To use Spanish
		     el To use Greek
		     fr To use French
		     it To use Italian
		     nl To use Dutch
		     pt To use Portuguese
		     ru To use Russian

       -loglevel=  Adjust the level of messages shown in the console:
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NOTES

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AUTHOR

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SEE ALSO

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