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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Problem scripting a copy and renaming shell executable Post 302932174 by ilovedoritos on Monday 19th of January 2015 04:36:27 PM
Old 01-19-2015
i ran this exactly

Code:
#!/bin/bash
SOURCES="$HOME/Desktop/sourcepictures"
TARGET="$HOME/Desktop/orderedpictures"
LIST="$HOME/Desktop/sourcepictures/list.txt"
index="0000000” 

for image in $(cat $LIST) ; do 
    ln -s $SOURCES/$image  $TARGET/$index.jpeg
    index=$(printf %06d $(( $index + 1 )) )
done

that worked for 8 pictures , it didnt copy the actual pictures and rename them instead it made a softlink/shortcut and renamed them in order, and the timelapse program i ran the shortcuts through made a video from it.

it does what i want it to but it stops at 8 pictures, does the index "0000000" have to be really long, i need this done for lots of pictures

it says this after i run it
how do i get it to run until the end of list.txt?

Code:
Last login: Mon Jan 19 15:31:50 on ttys000
timothys-mbp:~ timothynorris$ /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/test.command ; exit;
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/test.command: line 9: 000008: value too great for base (error token is "000008")
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/.jpeg: File exists
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/000001.jpeg: File exists
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/000002.jpeg: File exists
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/000003.jpeg: File exists
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/000004.jpeg: File exists
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/000005.jpeg: File exists
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/000006.jpeg: File exists
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/000007.jpeg: File exists
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/000008.jpeg: File exists
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/test.command: line 9: 000008: value too great for base (error token is "000008")
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/.jpeg: File exists
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/000001.jpeg: File exists
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/000002.jpeg: File exists
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/000003.jpeg: File exists
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/000004.jpeg: File exists
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/000005.jpeg: File exists
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/000006.jpeg: File exists
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/000007.jpeg: File exists
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/000008.jpeg: File exists
/Users/timothynorris/Desktop/test.command: line 9: 000008: value too great for base (error token is "000008")
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/.jpeg: File exists
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/000001.jpeg: File exists
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/000002.jpeg: File exists
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/000003.jpeg: File exists
ln: /Users/timothynorris/Desktop/orderedpictures/000004.jpeg: File exists
logout

[Process completed]

 

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