[Groovy]

Ok this script I just wrote a few minutes ago is a quick hack for OnMyCommandCM
which is an awesome add on for OS X. The script makes a dir named like this example

Gathered Items (Tue, Jul 29, 2003 12.11.26 PM)

and moves everything you have selected in the finder into that dir. Works great but
to get it to run in silent mode I need to if possible combine all that into one command

I have had no luck getting the syntax just right so here I am asking for UNIX shell guru help

is it possible? if so please post your solution

thx

Code:
set thedate=`date '+Gathered Items (%a, %b %d, %Y'`
set thehour=`date '+%H'`
set theminutesecond=`date '+%M.%S'`
if ($thehour >= 12) then
   set ampm="PM"
   if ($thehour > 12) then
      set thehour = `expr $thehour - 12`
   endif
else
   set ampm="AM"
   if ($thehour == 00) then
      set thehour = 12
   endif
endif

mkdir __OBJ_COMMON_PARENT_PATH__"$thedate $thehour.$theminutesecond $ampm)"

mv __OBJ_PATH__ __OBJ_COMMON_PARENT_PATH__"$thedate $thehour.$theminutesecond $ampm)"/

[Gavin]

I'm not a UNIX shell guru but I play one on TV.

You can replace all the date stuff with one line:

set thedate = `date '+Gathered Items (%a, %b %d, %Y %I:%M:%S %p)'`

I think %I and %p will do what you want. See man strftime

To place several commands on one line separate them with semicolons.

So, try playing around with this:

set new_dir = `date '+Gathered Items (%a, %b %d, %Y %I:%M:%S %p)'`; mkdir __OBJ_COMMON_PARENT_PATH__"$new_dir"; mv __OBJ_PATH__ __OBJ_COMMON_PARENT_PATH__"$new_dir"

[Groovy]

Originally posted by Gavin:
I'm not a UNIX shell guru but I play one on TV.

You can replace all the date stuff with one line:

set thedate = `date '+Gathered Items (%a, %b %d, %Y %I:%M:%S %p)'`

I think %I and %p will do what you want. See man strftime

if only man date SHOWED the %I and %p options grr...... hahaha

the main reason I split it up was I needed to if then $thehour and I could not if all the date and time were
in one var. I could NOT find all the formats options so I was forced to split it up but strftime shows them all.
YEAH! so I can dump the splitting and if then stuff. cool

Originally posted by Gavin:

To place several commands on one line separate them with semicolons.

So, try playing around with this:

set new_dir = `date '+Gathered Items (%a, %b %d, %Y %I:%M:%S %p)'`; mkdir __OBJ_COMMON_PARENT_PATH__"$new_dir"; mv __OBJ_PATH__ __OBJ_COMMON_PARENT_PATH__"$new_dir"

LOL with the better formating for date and no need for if then etc.... very easy to get on one line.
You think it is possible if you had to in case in the future one needed to get all that on one line?

I mean I got lucky here because %I and %p solved the problem but there may come a time when
a script snippet might have to be combined



Anway thanks, this fixes everything