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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting One directory, extracting only files to a new directoy Post 302954259 by 1in10 on Sunday 6th of September 2015 02:49:16 PM
Old 09-06-2015
okay, I'll do so, just woke up, returning with the result in a few hours, thanks a lot for your quick reply.

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Code:
xargs: unmatched simple   quotes ; by default quotes are special to xargs unless you use the -0 option

whole petaflops on duty, waiting for a result, and here is something that occurs before, the stat-command was not involved, but it surges as an error on some file, btw. the same message appeared in different versions of my version of this oneliner.

Code:
cp: calling of  stat for „/home/directory/origin/transit/World Party - Goodbye Jumbo - 05 - Aint Gonna Come Till Im Ready.mp3“ not possible: file or directory not found.

As if there should be a call for stat% A, though I do not understand this. And the directory with the content of hundreds of subdirectories just contains one single tune. Something went wrong. And the directory with the content of hundreds of subdirectories just contains one single tune. Something went wrong. Reading this list, it just listing one after another, a single tune out of an album that contains up to twenty songs. I am afraid, this is not the result I expected.

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I do not even dare to offer my third attempt to flatten the hierarchy, but in a way it works. So here comes one attempt without checksum and cat-function. Be aware, as user you should act from the origin-directory. It gave me some headache to to this as root.

Code:
find . -type f -iname "*.mp3" -exec cp -nr {} destination \;

bit better

Code:
mkdir /path/to/destination | find /home/path/origin -type f -iname "*.mp3" -exec cp -nr {} destination \;

Looking at the result there are two questions to be scrutinized. The original directory has got a size of 22.8 GB, shoveling the files around to flatten the hierarchy it results to 22.1 GB, why?
And btw, anyone could help me to still insert the checksum and cut the value off? Thanks in advance.
Last edited by 1in10; 09-06-2015 at 03:51 PM.. Reason: reading the edited list and understanding the result, better switch
 

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fatsort(1)						      General Commands Manual							fatsort(1)

NAME

       FATSort - FAT filesystem sorting utility

SYNOPSIS

       fatsort [options] device

DESCRIPTION

       FATsort sorts directory structures of FAT filesystems.  Many MP3 hardware players don't sort files automatically but play them in the order
       they were transmitted to the device. FATSort can help here.

OPTIONS

       -c     This option causes FATSort to ignore the case of filenames (e.g. 'example.mp3' is equal to 'EXAMPLE.MP3').

       -f     Force sorting even if the device is mounted or if FATSort cannot determine if the device is mounted.

       -h     Shows some help information.

       -i     Prints some file system information of the specified device.

       -l     FATSort will not sort directory structures, but just print the current order.

       -o type
	      This options specifies how FATSort will sort files and directories.  type can be 'd' for directories  before  files  (which  is  the
	      default), 'f' for files before directories, or 'a' for no differentiation between files and directories.

       -n     Uses natural order to sort directory structures instead of  alphanumeric order.  For example, an alphanumeric order would be
		     file123.mp3
		     file21.mp3
		     file3.mp3
	      and the corresponding natural order would be
		     file3.mp3
		     file21.mp3
		     file123.mp3.

       -q     FATSort will work quietly without printing additional information messages.

       -r     Sorts the directories in reverse order (Z-A).

       -R     Sorts the directories in random order.

       -v     Shows version information only.

       The following options can be specified multiple times:

       -d directory
	      Sort directory only

       -D directory
	      Sort directory and all subdirectories

       -x directory
	      Don't sort directory

       -X directory
	      Don't sort directory and all subdirectories

       -I prefix
	      Ignore  filename	prefix	prefix	during sorting. For example, passing option -I "the " tells FATSort to sort 'The Beatles.mp3' like
	      'Beatles.mp3'.

EXAMPLES

       Sort FAT filesystem on an USB stick:
	      fatsort /dev/sda1

       Sort FAT filesystem in a file:
	      fatsort /home/user/fat16_fs.img

       Sort directory /dir1 and all subdirectories except /dir1/dirA:
	      fatsort /dev/sda1 -D /dir1 -x /dir1/dirA

       Ignore prefixes 'a ' and 'the ' during sorting:
	      fatsort /dev/sda1 -I "a " -I "the "

AUTHOR

       Boris Leidner <fatsort(at)formenos.de>

SEE ALSO

       mount(8) fsck(8)

NOTES

       FAT12 is not supported yet.

REPORT BUGS

       Please report bugs to fatsort(at)formenos.de. Thanks.

FATSort 0.9.15							       2011								fatsort(1)
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