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Date-move, prepend modtime to filenames
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| #!/bin/sh | |
| # dmv: prefix each file with its modified date | |
| # backup the 'field separator' characters and remove spaces from current IFS. | |
| # this allows handling of files with spaces. | |
| FMT="%Y%m%d-" | |
| FML="%Y-%m-%d_" | |
| FMH="%Y%m%d_%H%M-" | |
| [ "-l" = "$1" ] && FMT="$FML" && shift; | |
| [ "-t" = "$1" ] && FMT="$FMH" && shift; | |
| [ "-h" = "$1" ] && FMT="$FMH" && shift; | |
| [ "-s" = "$1" ] && shift; | |
| SAVEIFS=$IFS | |
| IFS=$'\t\n' | |
| # this for loop iterates through all of the files that we gave the program | |
| # it does one rename per file given | |
| for file in $* | |
| do | |
| if [ -f $file -o -d $file ] | |
| then | |
| mv -i ${file} "$(/usr/bin/stat -t $FMT -f %Sm $file)${file}" | |
| else | |
| echo "${file} is not a file" | |
| fi | |
| done | |
| # reset the IFS | |
| IFS=$SAVEIFS | |
| exit 0 |
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