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# 8  
Old 01-19-2015
Well, but the first:
Code:
cp `cat list.txt` new-folder/

--->
Code:
while read entry;do  
    cp $entry new-folder/
done<list.txt

Maybe this helps? (nevermind, its the same, got confused by those quotes which are supposed to execute, please use $( command ), it helps to read and helps to differ between commands and strings.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by ilovedoritos
My code I tried worked partly, I got it to copy the specific Jpegs but it wouldn't copy ones again that existed in the folder, and I got it to sequentially rename the files but it renamed the source files and not the copied ones. I just don't know how to combine the functions
Yes, obviously...
As i already stated, there is no sense to copy 300 char a.jpgs....
# 9  
Old 01-19-2015
But I figure that if I can get the shell to rename the copied jpeg as it is pasted in the other folder then I won't run into the duplicate file name issue
# 10  
Old 01-19-2015
Doh, me not really wake yet, sorry.. i guess i figured it.


find . -name '*.jpeg' \
| awk 'BEGIN{ a=0 }{ printf "mv %s %04d.jpeg\n", $0, a++ }' \
| bash

If you run this in the original path, it will not rename the files in new-folder, unless new-folder is a child of the current path. (??)
If that is the case, i'm sorry i couldnt help and i'm out then.

Good luck.
# 11  
Old 01-19-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by sea
Again, (just as far i understand you, which seems its not 'that' far), it makes now sense to copy the char-images, just make a one folder containing these, and call the specific image upon need.

Reuse what is already existing, there is no sense in having 300 letter a.jpg in several folders.

If that is not what you want to achieve, please elaborate more about that copy issue you mention, because from your first post, its quite (very) unclear to me what you actualy want to do OR what the precice issue is.
Specialy since you use a mv command rather that cp...

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Neither do i in yours.
In mine its not required.
I think you understand. I have one folder that contains the Jpeg's (for this version of the experiment , this folder has 26 lowercase letters 10 numbers and a spacebar jpg) and the list.txt. I need the shell to copy the first jpeg listed in list.txt, and then paste it in the destination folder rename it to 0001.jpg, Wait for it to paste and then move on to the next line of list.txt and repeat
# 12  
Old 01-19-2015
One possibility is to rename on copy .

eg (warning untested code)
Code:
index="0000000"
for image in $(cat list.txt) ; do 
 cp ${SRC_DIR}/$image new_folder/${index}.jpg
 index = $(printf %06d $(( $index + 1 )) )
done

# 13  
Old 01-19-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by sea
Doh, me not really wake yet, sorry.. i guess i figured it.


find . -name '*.jpeg' \
| awk 'BEGIN{ a=0 }{ printf "mv %s %04d.jpeg\n", $0, a++ }' \
| bash

If you run this in the original path, it will not rename the files in new-folder, unless new-folder is a child of the current path. (??)
If that is the case, i'm sorry i couldnt help and i'm out then.

Good luck.
Code:
find . -name

I know that period means it will rename the files in the current directory, but I need it to rename the ones it just copied in the new-folder
I don't know what I am doing, I just thought of this thing 3 days ago.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skrynesaver
One possibility is to rename on copy .

eg (warning untested code)
Code:
index="0000000"
for image in $(cat list.txt) ; do 
 cp ${SRC_DIR}/$image new_folder/${index}.jpg
 index = $(printf %06d $(( $index + 1 )) )
done

I know nothing about how to code except what I've researched in the last 2 days.
# 14  
Old 01-19-2015
This does NOT apply if it is: ./new-folder

Try:
Code:
find /path/to/new-folder -name '*.jpeg' \
| awk 'BEGIN{ a=0 }{ printf "mv %s %04d.jpeg\n", $0, a++ }' \
| bash

hth
(note: my awk 'knowledge' is limited, but it looks right'ish, not sure about the last pipe to | bash though)
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