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wildside · 4 Weeks Ago

Ok. i figured out the different options. I had to change the -c to -f for format and then I had to change -y to -a for last time modified.

Now when I run I am getting the error with the spaces in the folder names. i tried putting double quotes in like this:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
(cd "/FolderA"
	find "." | xargs stat -f "%a|%n") > astats.txt
(cd "/FolderB" 
	find "." | xargs stat -f "%a|%n") > bstats.txt
sort astats.txt bstats.txt | uniq -d | sed -e 's/^.*|/cp \/FolderA\//' -e 's/$/ \/FolderB/' > copysametime.sh

but to no avail. I am getting this as ouput:

Code:

stat: ./AnimalToysIcons/License: stat: No such file or directory
stat: -: stat: No such file or directory
stat: Read: stat: No such file or directory
stat: Me.url: stat: No such file or directory
stat: ./new: stat: No such file or directory
stat: folder: stat: No such file or directory
stat: ./new: stat: No such file or directory
stat: folder/CODES.txt: stat: No such file or directory
stat: ./AnimalToysIcons/License: stat: No such file or directory
stat: -: stat: No such file or directory
stat: Read: stat: No such file or directory
stat: Me.url: stat: No such file or directory
stat: ./new: stat: No such file or directory
stat: folder: stat: No such file or directory
stat: ./new: stat: No such file or directory
stat: folder/CODES.txt: stat: No such file or directory

arggggg......

wje_lf · 4 Weeks Ago

Ooo. Spaces in filenames. Naughty user!

I got this to work:

Code:

(cd /FolderA; find . -print0 | xargs --null stat -c "%y|\"%n\"") > astats.txt

and so forth. Of course, you'll have to use -f instead of -c and change -y to -a.

What's happening is that the -print0 switch tells the find command to use a NUL character to terminate each file name, and the --null option tells the xargs command to use a NUL character to look for a NUL terminator, rather than that evil whitespace.

The other modification wraps double quotes around the filenames so that the cp command will do right by you.

There's much of this that I haven't tested, so check the script which this script outputs.

(Are you sure that -a means time last modified? I don't have access to your Mac man pages, but you'd think that -a would mean time last accessed (time last read), and maybe something like -m would mean time last modified. Maybe you can re-check.

)

wildside · 4 Weeks Ago

We are both on the same page here my friend. I researched all the commands in their respective man pages and found (right before you posted) that this is what I should be doing:

Code:

find . -print0 | xargs -0 stat -f "%a|%n"

same as you said. exepct xargs -0 must be the same as --null

the only thing that worries me now is that when i run the command alone all i get is this:

Code:

1216411396|
1216397273|
1216411396|
1216397273|
1216397273|
1216411396|
1216397273|
1216397273|
1216397273|
1216397273|
1216397273|
1216397273|
1216397273|
1216411396|
1216397273|
1216397273|
1216411396|
1216397273|

is this right?
I will be checking again on the %a in the mean time

wildside · 4 Weeks Ago

ok i got it. I used this:

Code:

find . -print0 | xargs -0 stat -f "%m|%N"

and got this:

Code:

1216309964|.
1216309969|./.DS_Store
1213138317|./AnimalToysIcons
1213138366|./AnimalToysIcons/.DS_Store
1094571886|./AnimalToysIcons/Fasticon.com.url
1213138317|./AnimalToysIcons/Icons
1187593089|./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/.DS_Store
1188906563|./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Elephant
1188906571|./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Giraffe
1188906546|./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Gorilla
1188906554|./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Lion
1188906534|./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Zebra
1173656658|./AnimalToysIcons/License - Read Me.url
1215932134|./C_PROJECTS
1215931838|./C_PROJECTS/conversion.cpp
1114280757|./CODES.txt
1216267609|./new folder
1114280757|./new folder/CODES.txt

whew... on to the next step.
sorting!

wje_lf · 4 Weeks Ago

Make sure that the find command delivers only regular files and not, um, directories also:

Code:

find . -type f -print0

(Check your man page to be sure.)

wildside · 4 Weeks Ago

OK. look s like everything is working out except one minor thing:

Code:

cp -p /FolderA/"./AnimalToysIcons/Fasticon.com.url" /FolderB
cp -p /FolderA/"./CODES.txt" /FolderB
cp -p /FolderA/"./AnimalToysIcons/License - Read Me.url" /FolderB
cp -p /FolderA/"./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/.DS_Store" /FolderB
cp -p /FolderA/"./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Zebra" /FolderB
cp -p /FolderA/"./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Gorilla" /FolderB
cp -p /FolderA/"./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Lion" /FolderB
cp -p /FolderA/"./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Elephant" /FolderB
cp -p /FolderA/"./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Giraffe" /FolderB
cp -p /FolderA/"./AnimalToysIcons/.DS_Store" /FolderB
cp -p /FolderA/"./C_PROJECTS/conversion.cpp" /FolderB

So it is putting all the files in the root of FolderB

wje_lf · 4 Weeks Ago

Replace the final line of my suggested script with:

Code:

sort astats.txt bstats.txt | uniq -d | sed -e 's/^\(.*\)$/cp \/FolderA\/\1 \/FolderB\/\1/' > copysametime.sh

wildside · 4 Weeks Ago

I think i will need to hash out this last sed command when I get time to read up on sed. That one give me this as the output:

Code:

cp -p /FolderA/1094571886|"./AnimalToysIcons/Fasticon.com.url" /FolderB/1094571886|"./AnimalToysIcons/Fasticon.com.url"
cp -p /FolderA/1114280757|"./CODES.txt" /FolderB/1114280757|"./CODES.txt"
cp -p /FolderA/1173656658|"./AnimalToysIcons/License - Read Me.url" /FolderB/1173656658|"./AnimalToysIcons/License - Read Me.url"
cp -p /FolderA/1187593089|"./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/.DS_Store" /FolderB/1187593089|"./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/.DS_Store"
cp -p /FolderA/1188906534|"./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Zebra" /FolderB/1188906534|"./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Zebra"
cp -p /FolderA/1188906546|"./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Gorilla" /FolderB/1188906546|"./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Gorilla"
cp -p /FolderA/1188906554|"./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Lion" /FolderB/1188906554|"./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Lion"
cp -p /FolderA/1188906563|"./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Elephant" /FolderB/1188906563|"./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Elephant"
cp -p /FolderA/1188906571|"./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Giraffe" /FolderB/1188906571|"./AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Giraffe"
cp -p /FolderA/1213138366|"./AnimalToysIcons/.DS_Store" /FolderB/1213138366|"./AnimalToysIcons/.DS_Store"
cp -p /FolderA/1215931838|"./C_PROJECTS/conversion.cpp" /FolderB/1215931838|"./C_PROJECTS/conversion.cpp"

wildside · 4 Weeks Ago

So i read up on sed. what a fantastic utility!

so Im getting caught up on the sed line you wrote. I tried to re-organize it using the : instead of the / and it looks like this now:

Code:

sort astats.txt bstats.txt | uniq -d | sed -e 's:^\(.*\)$:cp\ -p\ \/FolderA\/\1 :/FolderB\/\1' > copysametime.sh

So where im getting messed up is where the delimiter should be going. if you can help me with that I think I can figure oout the rest of the substitues.

thanks

wildside · 4 Weeks Ago

Ok... This code is half of what i need:

Code:

sort astats.txt bstats.txt | uniq -d | sed -e 's:[0-9]*|".:cp -p "/FolderA:'

when i run it, I get half of the command that i need.

Code:

cp -p "/FolderA/AnimalToysIcons/Fasticon.com.url"
cp -p "/FolderA/CODES.txt"
cp -p "/FolderA/AnimalToysIcons/License - Read Me.url"
cp -p "/FolderA/AnimalToysIcons/Icons/.DS_Store"
cp -p "/FolderA/AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Zebra"
cp -p "/FolderA/AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Gorilla"
cp -p "/FolderA/AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Lion"
cp -p "/FolderA/AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Elephant"
cp -p "/FolderA/AnimalToysIcons/Icons/Giraffe"
cp -p "/FolderA/AnimalToysIcons/.DS_Store"
cp -p "/FolderA/C_PROJECTS/conversion.cpp"

so my question is:
Can I just re-run 's again ont he same stream and change the whole string to say FolderB and add that to the end?

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