01-17-2017
Help with detect with regex and move script
Hi all,
I am needing some help with a script that will search for a video file by known extensions and then do a pattern search (I'm guessing via regex) and then based on a match of one type of another move the file to an assigned directory.
I would like to do this with either a shell script such as bash or python however, I want to keep it as simple and compact as possible.
Examples
I have a folder that I have downloaded video files to, they are generally a mix of mp4, mkv, avi etc. and some will be movie files of various description and other will be tv episode that will either be named like mytvshow sxxexx (as in the sxx would be season number like s01 and the exx would be episode number like e02 for example) with a video file extension.) so the file may look like the following
TV show;
mytvshow s01e02.mp4
My Movie
my movieName.mkv
So the script needs to look at the extension or use another process to determine it is a video file and then based on the naming convension move the respective video file to a defined folder like
mytvfiles moved to /home/tv
mymovefiles moved to /home/movie
Would the scripting gurus out there help me by pointing me in the right direction with some examples of what i may use and suggestions on what may be best to suit this requirement i.e python or bash or something else maybe?
Thank you in advance for any assistance offered.
Cheers,
Darren.
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RE_COMP(3) Linux Programmer's Manual RE_COMP(3)
NAME
re_comp, re_exec - BSD regex functions
SYNOPSIS
#define _REGEX_RE_COMP
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <regex.h>
char *re_comp(char *regex);
int re_exec(char *string);
DESCRIPTION
re_comp() is used to compile the null-terminated regular expression pointed to by regex. The compiled pattern occupies a static area, the
pattern buffer, which is overwritten by subsequent use of re_comp(). If regex is NULL, no operation is performed and the pattern buffer's
contents are not altered.
re_exec() is used to assess whether the null-terminated string pointed to by string matches the previously compiled regex.
RETURN VALUE
re_comp() returns NULL on successful compilation of regex otherwise it returns a pointer to an appropriate error message.
re_exec() returns 1 for a successful match, zero for failure.
CONFORMING TO
4.3BSD.
NOTES
These functions are obsolete; the functions documented in regcomp(3) should be used instead.
SEE ALSO
regcomp(3), regex(7), GNU regex manual
COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.25 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
GNU
1995-07-14 RE_COMP(3)