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linux-scripts/WindowsRnLtFileFix.sh
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#!/bin/bash
# Recursively find all files with parentheses in the name
find . -type f -name '*(*' -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
# Extract the date from the parentheses using awk
date_in_parentheses=$(echo "$file" | awk -F'[()]' '{print $2}')
# Convert the date to a format that can be compared
formatted_date=$(date -d "$date_in_parentheses" +"%Y_%m_%d %H_%M_%S %Z" 2>/dev/null || echo "$date_in_parentheses")
# Check if the formatted date is valid
if [ -n "$formatted_date" ]; then
# Create a temporary directory for duplicates
temp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
# Move all files with the same content inside parentheses to the temporary directory
find . -type f -name "*($date_in_parentheses)" -exec mv -i {} "$temp_dir" \;
# Find the newest file in the temporary directory
newest_file=$(ls -t "$temp_dir" | head -n 1)
# Move the newest file back to the original location
if [ -n "$newest_file" ]; then
mv -i "$temp_dir/$newest_file" "$file"
echo "Kept: $file and removed older duplicates"
fi
# Remove the temporary directory
rm -r "$temp_dir"
else
echo "Skipping $file due to invalid date format in parentheses"
fi
done