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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Copying files with spaces in the filename in a for loop Post 302597447 by Scrutinizer on Friday 10th of February 2012 10:38:35 AM
Old 02-10-2012
The trouble is grep -Eo '[0-9]{3,4} wil also match the numbers after the /
This can also be done with plain shell:

Code:
while IFS="-/" read x cam x
do
  while read file
  do 
    case $file in
       *$cam*) cp "$file" cameras
    esac
  done < list3
done < list2

But this reads list3 multiple times. This would be more efficient for example:

Code:
while IFS="-/" read x cam x
do
  cameras="$cameras $cam"
done < list2

while read file
do 
  for cam in $cameras
  do
    case $file in
      *$cam*) cp "$file" cameras
    esac
  done
done < list3

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 02-10-2012 at 11:45 AM..
 

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sane-gphoto2

sane-gphoto2(5) 						File Formats Manual						   sane-gphoto2(5)

NAME

       sane-gphoto2 - SANE backend for gphoto2 supported cameras

DESCRIPTION

       The  sane-gphoto2  library  implements  a  SANE	(Scanner Access Now Easy) backend that provides access to the digital cameras supported by
       gphoto2.  THIS IS EXTREMELY ALPHA CODE!	USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!

DEVICE NAMES

       The current version of the backend only allows one camera to be connected.  The device name is always "0".

CONFIGURATION

       The contents of the gphoto2.conf specify the characteristics of the camera to be used.	Resolutions (high resolution, low resolution,  and
       thumbnail size) are required since they are needed by the sane frontends, but can't be obtained through the gphoto2 interface.  Valid ports
       and cameras can be obtained by "gphoto2 --list-cameras" and "gphoto2 --list-ports".

       The dumpinquiry line causes some information about the camera to be printed.

       Empty lines and lines starting with a hash mark (#) are ignored.  A sample configuration file is shown below:

       The "topfolder" line specifies the "fixed" part of the file path.  For example, on the Kodak DC-240, files  are	stored	in  the  directory
       /DCIM/100DC240.	 The  /DCIM  portion is constant, but 100DC240 will change and must be read from the camers.  In this case, the line would
       read "topfolder=/DCIM"

       Some cameras don't implement a file structure and store all pictures in the "/" directory.  This is indicated by setting  "subdirs=0"  with
       "topfolder=/"
	      port=usb:
	      camera=Kodak DC240
	      # this is a comment
	      high_resolution=1280x960
	      low_resolution=640x480
	      thumb_resolution=160x120
	      dumpinquiry

FILES

       /etc/sane.d/gphoto2.conf
	      The backend configuration file (see also description of SANE_CONFIG_DIR below).

       /usr/lib/sane/libsane-gphoto2.a
	      The static library implementing this backend.

       /usr/lib/sane/libsane-gphoto2.so
	      The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems that support dynamic loading).

ENVIRONMENT

       SANE_CONFIG_DIR
	      This  environment  variable  specifies the list of directories that may contain the configuration file.  Under UNIX, the directories
	      are separated by a colon (`:'), under OS/2, they are separated by a semi-colon (`;').  If this variable is not set,  the	configura-
	      tion  file is searched in two default directories: first, the current working directory (".") and then in /etc/sane.d.  If the value
	      of the environment variable ends with the directory separator character, then the default directories are searched after the explic-
	      itly  specified  directories.  For example, setting SANE_CONFIG_DIR to "/tmp/config:" would result in directories "tmp/config", ".",
	      and "/etc/sane.d" being searched (in this order).

       SANE_DEBUG_GPHOTO2
	      If the library was compiled with debugging support enabled, this environment variable controls the debug level for this backend.	 A
	      value of 128 requests maximally copious debug output; smaller levels reduce verbosity.

SEE ALSO

       sane(7)

AUTHOR

       Peter S. Fales

       The manpage was largeley copied from the dc210 manpage.

BUGS

       Many.

       More  general  comments,  suggestions,  and  inquiries  about  frontends  or  SANE  should  go  to  the	SANE  Developers mailing list (see
       http://www.mostang.com/sane/mail.html for details).  You must be subscribed to the list, otherwise your mail won't  be  sent  to  the  sub-
       scribers.

								 04 September 2001						   sane-gphoto2(5)
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