Re: Need help with shell script.

On 2026-08-11, Nuno Silva <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2026-08-10, pH wrote:
>
>> Using Linux Mint
>>
>> My wife downloads photos from her camera and leaves them in the "Desktop"
>> directory.
>>
>> I put them where they belong (from a terminal) w/ 
>> mv ~/Desktop/*JPG ~/Desktop/Beckys_stuff/
>> mv ~/Desktop/*PDF ~/Desktop/Beckys_stuff/
>>
>> where Beckys_stuff is a directory 
>>
>> so I thought I'd make a clickable icon on the Desktop to make it easy for
>> her.
>> the file "move_pictures" contains:
>> !/bin/bash,
>> mv ~/Desktop/*JPG ~/Desktop/Beckys_stuff/
>> mv ~/Desktop/*PDF ~/Desktop/Beckys_stuff/
>>
>> I saved it in my 'scripts' directory and and did "chmod +x move_pictures"
>>
>> I then created a new launcher on the desktop with the command field filled
>> in as: ~/scripts/move_pictures
>>
>> But when I click on it I get an error messaage that pops up in a small
>> window that says: "There was an error launching the application"
>>
>> Every variation I've tried (like removing the !/bin/bash shebang) has led to
>> the same message.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>
>
> I did read the thread so far, but apologies if something was already
> mentioned and I managed to overlook it:
>
> 1) Is GNU bash installed at (or somehow reachable at) /bin/bash ?

'tis

>
> 2) Does the script work when you invoke it manually, with no launcher
>    involved? I don't mean the commands used, but the script itself, with
>    e.g. ./move_pictures.

Yes.
>

> (Oh, and: if supported by that implementation of cp, won't you want to
> add -n to the options? (Or perhaps --update=none, which apparently is
> what GNU cp now encourages as a (lengthy?) replacement to -n?)
>
> To put it in another way: What is your approach to avoid overwriting
> files with the same name?)

No avoidance.  I would be happy to just delete them and I'm 99.99% sure they
would never ever be missed or looked for.

I depend on her Camera sequencing it's photos, but thanks for the reference
to the -n option for cp...I might add that on.

I've essentially "closed my ticket" but I see people are still responding,
so...

pH


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