From: Mark Woodward <markonlinux@...>
Date: 2007-11-25T20:10:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Moving files matching Regex

Hi Stefano,

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:30:10 -0500
Stefano Crocco <stefano.crocco@alice.it> wrote:

> 
> Not very different:
> 
> require 'find'
> require 'fileutils'
> 
> a=[]
> fglob = /(CAL|NCPH|GOH)\d{6}\.xls/
> 
> Find.find('.') do |f|
>   name = File.basename f
>   if name=~ fglob
>     a << name
>     FileUtils.mv f, "sent/#{name}" unless File.exist? "sent/#{name}"
>   end
> end
> 
> A couple of notes:
> * You can create a regexp using the // syntax, instead of using
> Regexp.new

that's better, thanks

> * when you call String#=~ you don't need to use /#{...}/, if you
> already have a regexp

another good thing to know.

> * I think you need to pass path, and not curr_file, as the first
> argument of FileUtils.mv, otherwise it won't work if the file is in a
> subdirectory.

There won't be any sub directories except for /sent.
I've discovered from the cookbook I can use prune to ignore it.
Below's where I'm up to.


> 
> Stefano
> 

appreciate your help,
cheers,

-- 
Mark


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require 'find'
require 'fileutils'

FILE_REGEX = /(CAL|NCPH|GOH)\d{6}\.xls/
SENT_DIR = "./sent/"

def get_file_names
  fn=[]
  Find.find('./') do |path|
    Find.prune if File.basename(path) == 'sent'
    curr_file = File.basename(path)
    if curr_file =~ FILE_REGEX
      fn << curr_file
    end
  end
  fn
end


def move_files
  @a.each do |fn|
    new_loc = SENT_DIR + fn
    FileUtils.mv(fn, new_loc) if not File.exists?(new_loc)
  end
end


@a = get_file_names
move_files
puts @a