rie-copy

rie-copy: rename if exists and copy, is a Bash tool, which is a wrapper around the 'cp' command. It simplifies the process of copying multiple files to a destination directory, conveniently handling cases where files have the same name. When copying files to a destination directory, rie_copy automatically detects if a file with the same name already exists. In such cases, it renames the new file by appending a unique number to the file name. For instance, if you're copying images named image1.png, image2.png, etc., to the directory /my_images/ where files with similar names already exist, rie_copy ensures that the new files are named as image1(1).png, image1(2).png, and so on, preventing any data loss or overwriting. With rie_copy, you can confidently copy files with ease, knowing that your existing files are preserved, and the new files are seamlessly managed.

Installation

• Debian / Ubuntu

1. Make sure git is installed

   sudo apt-get update

   sudo apt-get install git

2. Download the rie-copy repo with the following command,

git clone https://github.com/karpathyan/rie-copy.git

3. Install the deb file using dpkg

cd ./rie-copy/

sudo dpkg -i rie-copy.deb

Usage

Run the script using the following command:

rie-copy <source_file1> <source_file2> ... <destination_directory>

Replace <source_file1>, <source_file2>, etc., with the actual paths to the files you want to copy. The last argument should be the destination directory where the files will be copied.

Behavior

The script will perform the following actions:

1. Check the number of arguments provided. If fewer than two arguments are given, it will display a usage message and exit.
2. Iterate through the source files and copy them to the destination directory.
3. If a file with the same name already exists in the destination directory, the script will append a counter to the file name, incrementing it until an available file name is found.

Example

rie-copy file1.txt file2.txt destination_folder/

This command will copy file1.txt and file2.txt to the destination_folder/. If any file in the destination folder has the same name, the script will automatically rename the new file to avoid overwriting existing files.

License

This project is licensed under the GPL3.0-or-later.
Licence (SPDX-License-Identifier): GPL-3.0-or-later