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.js ? FFS, really? find takeout -name ".jpg" -exec mv {} dest_dir

by dmitrygr 4y ago

anaganisk 4y ago
What’s wrong with a js script if author is comfortable with it? Is it a rule that everyone must know linux commands?
- dmitrygr 4y ago
  > What’s wrong with a js script Not much more than is wrong with sending a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to kill a mosquito > Is it a rule that everyone must know linux commands? Unix, and yes. Every system around you is built on it or something derived from it (either literally or in design).
  - anaganisk 4y ago
    Wrong comparison, I’ve taught enough people both UNIX and JS, and there are many of them who consider JS more easier than to grok and use than bash/unix. Not everyone wants to remember all the commands, and most of them use windows. Also, no not every system around me requires me to learn unix, I can use my phone, microwave or even my gaming laptop(windows) without ever opening CLI. Unless Im at work or am I tinkering with my PI4s I don’t even have to touch CLI or even think about a unix command.
- kfrzcode 4y ago
  Yes, rules 8 and 14
  - anaganisk 4y ago
    From Unix handbook of how to make people hate the community? C’mon author was good enough to share a script for us to use, he might be just starting in programming, or may be its for a windows use case, don’t have to be so rude like the original commenter which is what I didn’t like.
    - kfrzcode 4y ago
      I'll refer you to rules 0 and 1
- jcutrell 4y ago
  There is nothing wrong with it per se, and no, you don’t have to know Linux commands to get by. Sure, a Linux one liner might be “easier” to someone who knows Linux… but that doesn’t mean it’s “wrong.”
- ljahier 4y ago
  Here the author, I'm not working on windows but macos. I know, the script is not recursive but it's not the goal. The directory architecture of Google takeout > Google photos is one directory per day when there are pictures. In this directory, there are no other directory so the recursive is useless. The goal was to make a script in quick time and I'm comfortable with nodejs that's why I chose it.
justsomehnguy 4y ago
ls -Recurse -Filter *.jpg | mv dest_dir
- johntash 4y ago
  Out of everything in this thread, this was the most interesting to me. I didn't know you could pipe a list of files to mv. It makes sense, I guess I just never tried it because anything I would have used it for, I would have used find or xargs instead.
  - justsomehnguy 4y ago
    This is PowerShell and it doesn't work on *nix machines because ls and mv are native binaries. Would work on Windows, would work on *nix if change it to gci -Recurse -Filter *.jpg | move dest_dir

.js ? FFS, really? find takeout -name ".jpg" -exec mv {} dest_dir

anaganisk 4y ago

What’s wrong with a js script if author is comfortable with it? Is it a rule that everyone must know linux commands?

dmitrygr 4y ago
> What’s wrong with a js script Not much more than is wrong with sending a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to kill a mosquito > Is it a rule that everyone must know linux commands? Unix, and yes. Every system around you is built on it or something derived from it (either literally or in design).
- anaganisk 4y ago
  Wrong comparison, I’ve taught enough people both UNIX and JS, and there are many of them who consider JS more easier than to grok and use than bash/unix. Not everyone wants to remember all the commands, and most of them use windows. Also, no not every system around me requires me to learn unix, I can use my phone, microwave or even my gaming laptop(windows) without ever opening CLI. Unless Im at work or am I tinkering with my PI4s I don’t even have to touch CLI or even think about a unix command.
kfrzcode 4y ago
Yes, rules 8 and 14
- anaganisk 4y ago
  From Unix handbook of how to make people hate the community? C’mon author was good enough to share a script for us to use, he might be just starting in programming, or may be its for a windows use case, don’t have to be so rude like the original commenter which is what I didn’t like.
  - kfrzcode 4y ago
    I'll refer you to rules 0 and 1
jcutrell 4y ago
There is nothing wrong with it per se, and no, you don’t have to know Linux commands to get by. Sure, a Linux one liner might be “easier” to someone who knows Linux… but that doesn’t mean it’s “wrong.”
ljahier 4y ago
Here the author, I'm not working on windows but macos. I know, the script is not recursive but it's not the goal. The directory architecture of Google takeout > Google photos is one directory per day when there are pictures. In this directory, there are no other directory so the recursive is useless. The goal was to make a script in quick time and I'm comfortable with nodejs that's why I chose it.

justsomehnguy 4y ago

ls -Recurse -Filter *.jpg | mv dest_dir

johntash 4y ago
Out of everything in this thread, this was the most interesting to me. I didn't know you could pipe a list of files to mv. It makes sense, I guess I just never tried it because anything I would have used it for, I would have used find or xargs instead.
- justsomehnguy 4y ago
  This is PowerShell and it doesn't work on *nix machines because ls and mv are native binaries. Would work on Windows, would work on *nix if change it to gci -Recurse -Filter *.jpg | move dest_dir