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# space 'em all: fixes naming for all of the files of the appropriate types
- # in the directories specified.
+ # in the directories specified. we skip any file with a dot in front, to
+ # respect their hidden nature. currently the set of files we'll rename is
+ # very boutique; it's in this function, and just happens to be the types of
+ # files we work with a lot.
function spacemall() {
local -a dirs=("${@}")
if [ ${#dirs[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
#hmmm: any way to do the below more nicely or reusably?
#hmmm: yes! a variable with a list of files that are considered TEXT_FILE_EXTENSIONS or something like that.
#hmmm: yes continued! also a variable for BINARY_FILE_EXTENSIONS to avoid those, where we need to in other scripts.
+#hmmm: wait, we actually have a mix here, since this is a renaming function and not a searching function; get it straight!
+#hmmm: would the composition of those two types of extensions cover all the files i want to rename? they have to be "important".
find "${dirs[@]}" -follow -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type f -and -not -iname ".[a-zA-Z0-9]*" | \
grep -i \
-"csv\|doc\|docx\|eml\|html\|jpeg\|jpg\|m4a\|mov\|mp3\|ods\|odt\|pdf\|png\|ppt\|pptx\|rtf\|txt\|vsd\|vsdx\|xls\|xlsx\|xml\|zip" | \
+"csv\|doc\|docx\|eml\|html\|jpeg\|jpg\|m4a\|mov\|mp3\|odp\|ods\|odt\|pdf\|png\|ppt\|pptx\|rtf\|txt\|vsd\|vsdx\|xls\|xlsx\|xml\|zip" | \
sed -e 's/^/"/' | sed -e 's/$/"/' | \
xargs bash "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/spacem.sh"
# drop the temp file now that we're done.