Before I fully make the switch to Linux I’m looking for options to replace an old Windows program called SCRU. You set a folder to watch, and an output folder and it automatically copies specified extensions or extracts rar into the output folder.

I’m trying to figure out if there’s a way to do this in terminal and haven’t dug into scripts yet, just want to know of it’s possible.

    • Rodsthencones@startrek.website
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      7 months ago

      So that would be just a script in Linux. Bash, the shell for the command line, allows for scripting. Its like a simple program that you can set to run at times. Might take a few tries to get it right, but a little reading and a few tries anyone could get something like that working.

        • Rodsthencones@startrek.website
          4·
          7 months ago

          Sure, that is really the reason for scripting. They are called cron jobs, because they run on a schedule. Its a command called crontab. Unix is all about doing things automatically. Takes a bit of time to set up, but then it does what you want, when you want it. Your going to love it once you use it. Edit: spelling