Copy files to a destination one at a time.

readme.md

Simple wrapper script for cp that copies files one at a time and provides some extra goodies. Useful when you want them all to be in contiguous regions of memory (i.e. 1 extent per file, as is required by some tools).

My usage is mainly putting ISOs on a fat32 SD card for Gamecube, as they can't be more than 32 extents or else the Gamecube will fail to read them.

copy.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

_basename=$(basename "$0")
[ $# -lt 2 ] && printf "Usage: %s SOURCE... DEST\nExample: %s iso/*.nkit.iso /mnt/games\n" "$_basename" "$_basename" && exit 1

set -e

_dest="${!#}"
_total=$(($# - 1))
_current=0
for source in "${@:1:$# - 1}"; do
    _current=$((_current + 1))

    _name=$(basename "$source")
    printf "[%s/%s]\tCopying %s:" "$_current" "$_total" "$_name"
    _start=$(date -u +%s%3N)

    cp "$source" "$_dest/$_name" && \
    printf " Success!" || \
    printf " Failed :("
    _end=$(date -u +%s%3N)
    type qalc >/dev/null && echo " [took $(qalc -t "|$_end - $_start|milliseconds to seconds")]"
    sleep 0.2
done