bash CLI tool to recursively copy files whose name contains (partially) entries in a .txt file.

An output directory, search directory and file containing the sub-strings to match each filename to can all be passed.

• git clone this repo to somewhere you want to store the bash script
• chmod u+x ./copy_filenames_from_txt.sh make the script executable
• Use away!

• You're working with a bunch of files (images in my example).
  • You've made a selection and have a list of filenames (or partial/substrings from filenames)
• You don't want to go through like a chump clicking manually on each one.
• Solution: This bash tool.
  • Simple to run.
  • Handles the case where more than one file matches the sub-string.
  • Only the files that match lines in the supplied input file will be copied.
  • Will not overwrite or remove data.
  • Supports local and absolute paths.

Batch copy helper. Recursively search a directory for all filenames containing a sub-string based on an input file.
Uses an input file with each line containing a sub-string to search for.

Syntax: copy_filenames_from_txt.sh [-v|h] [-f file|-d dir|-o dir]
options:
-f     File with desired sub-strings of filenames to copy. Usually .txt. Each search string on new line.
-d     Search directory. Will be recursively searched for any matches in -f. Usually ./ (if cd is desired directory).
-o     Output directory. To copy all matching files to. Note: will be created if does not exist.
-V     Display Version string: 0.0.1.
-h     Display this Help.
-v     Verbose prints.

• Quick personal project to play around with bash
• Feel free to comment or make changes
• I have only tested with a .txt file as the -f input file parameter.
  • Should probably work with other file types that can be read by UNIX.
• I have assumed all input files will be use a new line as a delimiter.
  • Could look into this in the future...
• I have only tested this locally on a Linux container.

• Testing
• Loading bar or indicator
• Improve name
• Handle other delimiter