This simple python script pcopy reads a list of file names and copies them to a separate folder

Last update: Sep 03, 2021

Overview

pCopy

This simple python script pcopy reads a list of file names and copies them to a separate folder.

Pre-requisites

Python 3 (ver. > 3.6)

How to use

Download / clone this repository to your computer (i.e ~/opt/photo-copier). Then provide permission to execute script by it self. Finally, add it to .zshrc if you're using a Mac.

> ~/.zshrc ">

cd ~/opt/photo-copier
chmod +x pcopy.py
echo 'alias pcopy="~/opt/photo-copier/pcopy.py"' >> ~/.zshrc

Now you should be able to use pcopy in the command line.

Usage

pcopy -h                                           
usage: pcopy.py [-h] [-n FOLDER_NAME] [-f] [-t FILETYPES [FILETYPES ...]] [-s SEPARATE_CHARS [SEPARATE_CHARS ...]] input

Copy list of camera RAW files into a new folder. See more at <https://github.com/madhurangar/photo-copier>

positional arguments:
  input                 Text file containing the filenames (with or without file extensions)

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -n FOLDER_NAME, --folder-name FOLDER_NAME
                        Folder (name! not the path) to copy files over
  -f, --force-copy      Overwrite already coppied files
  -t FILETYPES [FILETYPES ...], --filetypes FILETYPES [FILETYPES ...]
                        Raw file extensions (defaults: NEF ARW CR2 CR3 DNG and CRW)
  -s SEPARATE_CHARS [SEPARATE_CHARS ...], --separate-chars SEPARATE_CHARS [SEPARATE_CHARS ...]
                        Split chars to construct the original RAW file name. e.g. extract "IMG12345" from "IMG12345-copy_new (1).ext" (defaults: . - and _ )

Looking for Windows installation instructions? see here

This simple python script pcopy reads a list of file names and copies them to a separate folder

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Owner

Madhuranga Rathnayake

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