What will the constants be? Will the file be moved from /Users/<yourUserName>/Downloads to /Users/<yourUserName>/Movies ?
Will it always be a .AVI file?
Kind of a simple approach, assumes you know how to save a bash shell script and make it executable, and to run it. ---------- Post updated at 05:53 PM ---------- Previous update was at 05:51 PM ----------
Basically, save the code to a text file on your desktop named Whatever.sh
Open Terminal and do: chmod +x ~/Desktop/Whatever.sh
Thanks for the quick response! I really appreciate it.
It did in fact work, and I must say will save me a lot of silly time.
I am starting to read a book on shell scripting, so this is an awesome little start to it. I am familiar with C++ and Java, but am obviously new to this.
For educational purposes, would you mind explaining what "i' represents in the code?
Cheers!
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Did the obvious editing necessary. One last question to make this script simply PERFECT!
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