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#!/bin/bash
# Just a normal copy program, BUT it never overwrites a file in the destination.
# if the filename is already taken, the new file will get an incrementing number as postfix added just in fron of the dot before the extension.
# no extension, its added the end.
# example: filename.wav already exists, new file will get the name filename_1.wav.
#
# usage cp_keep.sh [src file] [dest folder] [prefix newfile]
export IFS=$'\n'
src=$1
dst=$2
prefix=$3
if [ -z $1 ]; then {
echo "must specify source file"
exit
}; fi
if [ -z $2 ]; then {
echo "must specify destination directory"
exit
}; fi
if [ ! -d $2 ]; then {
echo "destination must be a directory"
exit
}; fi
if [ -d $1 ]; then {
echo "$1 is directory. .. quitting."
exit
}; fi
src_dir=$(dirname $src)
src_file=$(basename $src)
if [ "$dst" -ef "$src_dir" ]; then {
echo "source and destiation are same directory... quitting"
exit
}; fi
export fname_new=$prefix$src_file
count=1
while [ -e $dst/$fname_new ]; do { #destination filename already taken?
#add suffix before any dot, if no dot just append
if [[ "$fname_new" =~ \. ]]; then {
fname_new=$(echo $fname_new | sed -e "s/\./_$count\./g")
}; else {
fname_new=$fname_new"_$count"
}; fi
# echo "filename already taken, suffix added: $dst/$fname_new"
count=$(($count + 1))
}; done
if [ "$count" -gt 1 ]; then {
echo "$dst/$src_file already existed, new name: $fname_new"
}; fi
export cmd="cp -p \"$src_dir/$src_file\" \"$dst/$fname_new\""
#echo $cmd;
eval $cmd