XPost: uk.comp.os.linux   
   From: java@evij.com.invalid   
      
   First problem solved ...   
      
   On 29/03/2024 22:54, Java Jive wrote:   
   > As some here may recall, I'm in the midst of several years' work   
   > scanning family documents, post-processing them, and then releasing them   
   > either to the general public for generations sufficiently removed from   
   > living people, or else just back to the source branch of the family.   
   > Currently there are nearly 15,000 original documents with equal numbers   
   > of post-processed versions arranged as below, but around 7,000 of them   
   > completed in previous stages already have final documents, so there are   
   > around 8,000 newly added documents left to do.  What I need to do is use   
   > a program, feh seems a likely choice, to work through those documents   
   > that don't yet have a final version, choose one from five possible   
   > versions described below, copy it to its corresponding final directory,   
   > and move on to the next.   
   >   
   > The documents are arranged as follows:   
   >   
   > Family History   
   >      /_all/1o/subs    Original scans   
   >      /_all/2n/subs    Normalised versions of the originals   
   >      /_all/3t/subs    Textcleaned versions ditto   
   >      /_all/4nt/subs    Normalised then textcleaned versions ditto   
   >      /_all/5tn/subs    Textcleaned then normalised versions ditto   
   >      /subs        Final docs chosen from the best of the above   
   >   
   > Example for one particular subdirectory:   
   >   
   > Family History/_all/1o/Alston   
   > Family History/_all/2n/Alston   
   > Family History/_all/3t/Alston   
   > Family History/_all/4nt/Alston   
   > Family History/_all/5tn/Alston   
   > Family History/Alston   
   >   
   > I've tried the following command line for feh (sorry can't help any line   
   > wrap):   
   >   
   > user@computer:~# feh -Fdr -A 'echo cp -a \"%F\" \"$(echo %F | sed -E "{   
   > s~/_all/[1-5][ont]{1,2}~~ ; s~ +\([ont]{1,2}\)~~ }" )\"' 'Family   
   > History/_all/1o'   
   >   
   > .... which results in ...   
   >   
   > cp -a "Family History/_all/1o/Alston/Alston Descent - 2nd Earl Of   
   > Montrose, William - 1 (o).png" "Family History/Alston/Alston Descent -   
   > 2nd Earl Of Montrose, William - 1.png"   
   >   
   > .... which looks as though it should do the job, however removing the   
   > echo ...   
   >   
   > user@computer:~# feh -Fdr -A 'cp -a \"%F\" \"$(echo %F | sed -E "{   
   > s~/_all/[1-5][ont]{1,2}~~ ; s~ +\([ont]{1,2}\)~~ }" )\"' 'Family   
   > History/_all/1o'   
   >   
   > .... results in ...   
   >   
   > cp: target '1.png"' is not a directory   
   >   
   > Can anyone suggest a magical incantation which will yield the desired   
   > result?   
      
   I solved this by doing the path conversion in a one-line shell script,   
   so the feh command line now reads ...   
      
   feh -Fdr -A '/home/Family\ History/_all/FHCopyIn.sh %F' 'Family   
   History/_all/1o'   
      
   ... while the one-line shell script reads ...   
      
   cp -a "$1" "$(echo $1 | sed -E '{ s~/_all/[1-5][ont]{1,2}~~ ; s~   
   +\([ont]{1,2}\)~~ }' )"   
      
   > Another problem is that I'm going to have order the files so that each   
   > of the 5 possible versions are displayed successively so that I can use   
   > the arrow keys to go back and forth between them to choose the best.  I   
   > think I might be able to use a file list to do this, but as yet I   
   > haven't given much thought as to how to create it, it would have to be   
   > of the form:   
   >   
   > Family History/_all/1o/Alston/Document 1 (o).png   
   > Family History/_all/2n/Alston/Document 1 (n).png   
   > Family History/_all/3t/Alston/Document 1 (t).png   
   > Family History/_all/4nt/Alston/Document 1 (nt).png   
   > Family History/_all/5tn/Alston/Document 1 (tn).png   
   > Family History/_all/1o/Alston/Document 2 (o).png   
   > Family History/_all/2n/Alston/Document 2 (n).png   
   > Family History/_all/3t/Alston/Document 2 (t).png   
   > Family History/_all/4nt/Alston/Document 2 (nt).png   
   > Family History/_all/5tn/Alston/Document 2 (tn).png   
   > etc.   
   >   
   > I could also use Windows if there's a better solution available there,   
   > but that seems unlikely to me.   
      
   Still to do.   
      
   > Any help gratefully received.   
      
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