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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Get the target folder and date from command-line arguments | |
| TARGET_FOLDER="$1" | |
| TARGET_DATE="$2" | |
| # Check that both arguments were provided | |
| if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then | |
| echo "Usage: $0 folder date" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| # Check that the target folder exists and is a subfolder of /Users/<username> | |
| USERNAME=$(whoami) | |
| if ! [[ "$TARGET_FOLDER" =~ ^/Users/"$USERNAME"/ ]]; then | |
| echo "Error: $TARGET_FOLDER is not a subfolder of /Users/$USERNAME/" | |
| exit 1 | |
| elif [ ! -d "$TARGET_FOLDER" ]; then | |
| echo "Error: $TARGET_FOLDER does not exist or is not a directory" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| # Check that the target date is a valid date in the past | |
| if ! date -j -f "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" "$TARGET_DATE" >/dev/null 2>&1; then | |
| echo "Error: $TARGET_DATE is not a valid date" | |
| exit 1 | |
| elif [ "$(date -j -f "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" "$TARGET_DATE" +%s)" -ge "$(date +%s)" ]; then | |
| echo "Error: $TARGET_DATE is not a date in the past" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| # Ask for confirmation before proceeding | |
| read -p "Are you sure you want to change the creation time of directories in $TARGET_FOLDER with creation date 01/24/1984 09:00:00 to $TARGET_DATE? [y/N] " confirm | |
| if [[ ! "$confirm" =~ ^[yY](es)?$ ]]; then | |
| echo "Aborted" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| # Find all directories with the creation date of 01/24/1984 09:00:00 in the target folder | |
| while IFS= read -r -d '' directory; do | |
| # Use stat to get the creation date | |
| creation_date=$(stat -f "%SB" -t "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" "$directory") | |
| if [ "$creation_date" == "1984-01-24 09:00:00" ]; then | |
| # Change the creation date to the target date | |
| SetFile -d "$(date -j -f "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" "$TARGET_DATE" +%m/%d/%Y\ %H:%M:%S)" "$directory" | |
| # Print out the directory name and old/new dates | |
| echo "$directory: changed from $creation_date to $TARGET_DATE" | |
| fi | |
| done < <(find "$TARGET_FOLDER" -type d -print0) |
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