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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Problem scripting a copy and renaming shell executable Post 302932152 by ilovedoritos on Monday 19th of January 2015 02:38:49 PM
Old 01-19-2015
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I'm not familiar with softlink. I'm guessing it is a a shortcut. I did see the option when I was reading the man for the commands for a symbolic link. I would have to wait till I get home to see if the time lapse program will accept it.

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Whenever it is going to copy the first jpeg of the list.txt " let's say it is a.jpeg , it copies and renames that one 0000001.jpeg, then 4 lines later it has to copy another a.jpeg but rename this one 000005.jpeg", because I can't have the same name files in the same folder.

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i ran this

Code:
cd Desktop/sourcepictures
index="0000000" 
for image in $(cat list.txt) ; do 
cp ${sourcepictures}/$image orderedpictures/${index}.jpeg
index = $(printf %06d $(( $index + 1 )) )
done

and it says this

Code:
Last login: Mon Jan 19 13:28:21 on ttys000
timothys-mbp:~ timothynorris$ /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new\ test.command ; exit;
cp: /i.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /n.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /spacebar.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /t.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /h.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /e.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /spacebar.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /b.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /e.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /g.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /i.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /n.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /n.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /i.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /n.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /g.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /spacebar.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /G.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /o.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /d.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /spacebar.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /c.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /r.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /e.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /a.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /t.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /e.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /d.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /spacebar.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /t.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /h.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
cp: /e.jpeg: No such file or directory
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/new test.command: line 5: index: command not found
logout

[Process completed]

i have the code in a file named "test.command" on the desktop

i have the folder named "sourcepictures" on the desktop and the jpeg files are in that folder and inside the "sourcepictures" folder i have the folder named "orderedpictures". also, list.txt is in "sourcepictures" folder. it found the list.txt

what do i have to put in the script to get it to find the files and directories
 

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