{"id":15,"date":"2007-02-05T16:20:27","date_gmt":"2007-02-05T15:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schuerig.de\/michael\/blog\/?p=15"},"modified":"2021-11-24T09:20:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T08:20:10","slug":"timestamp-servicemenu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schuerig.de\/michael\/blog\/index.php\/2007\/02\/05\/timestamp-servicemenu\/","title":{"rendered":"Timestamping files from commandline and Konqueror"},"content":{"rendered":"

In order to keep multiple versions of a file, I sometimes add a timestamp to the filename. Doing this by hand is tedious and error-prone, but this chore can be automated by a small shell script.<\/p>\n

\/usr\/local\/bin\/timestamp<\/code><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\r\n#! \/bin\/sh\r\n\r\nfor oldname ; do\r\n  ts=`date +'%Y%m%d%H%M' --reference=\"$oldname\"`\r\n\r\n  newname=`echo $oldname | sed -nre \"s\/^(\\\\.?)([^\\\\.]+)(-[[:digit:]]{12})(\\\\..*)\\$\/\\\\1\\\\2-$ts\\\\4\/p\"`\r\n  if [ -z \"$newname\" ]; then\r\n    newname=`echo $oldname | sed -nre \"s\/^(\\\\.?)([^\\\\.]+)(\\\\..*)\\$\/\\\\1\\\\2-$ts\\\\3\/p\"`\r\n  fi\r\n  if [ -z \"$newname\" ]; then\r\n    newname=`echo $oldname | sed -nre \"s\/^(\\\\.?)([^\\\\.]+)(-[[:digit:]]{12})\\$\/\\\\1\\\\2-$ts\/p\"`\r\n  fi\r\n  if [ -z \"$newname\" ]; then\r\n    newname=`echo $oldname | sed -nre \"s\/^(\\\\.?)([^\\\\.]+)\\$\/\\\\1\\\\2-$ts\/p\"`\r\n  fi\r\n\r\n  if [ -f \"$newname\" ]; then\r\n    if [ \"$newname\" != \"$oldname\" ]; then\r\n      echo \"Can't rename $oldname to $newname: file already exists.\"\r\n    fi\r\n  else\r\n    echo mv \"$oldname\" \"$newname\"\r\n    mv \"$oldname\" \"$newname\"\r\n  fi\r\ndone\r\n<\/pre>\n
<\/code><\/p>\n
As I’m using KDE as my desktop, I like to have the timestamping integrated. Fortunately, it’s easy.<\/p>\n
~\/.kde\/share\/apps\/konqueror\/servicemenus<\/code><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\r\nActions=timestamp\r\nServiceTypes=all\/all\r\n\r\n[Desktop Action timestamp]\r\nExec=\/usr\/local\/bin\/timestamp %u\r\nIcon=clock\r\nName=Timestamp\r\n<\/pre>\n
<\/code><\/p>\n
See Creating Konqueror Service Menus<\/a> for a general introduction.<\/p>\n
Update, 2007-02-06<\/h4>\n
I’ve updated the script to insert the timestamp before all the first extension and to also work with filename starting with a ‘.<\/code>‘.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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