How do I copy specific file types with Maid?

Question

I'm a first time Ruby user (any programming code for that matter) and I'm trying to create a script within "maid" to copy all of my music from a specific folder into the "automatically add to itunes" folder:

rule 'Move Downloaded Music to iTunes' do
    FileUtils.cp_r '/Users/*********/Movies/*********/Music/.',
    '/Users/*********/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Automatically Add to iTunes/',
    :remove_destination => true
  end

However, I have non-music files within that same folder and I want to include only files with audio formats (mp3, m4a, etc.)

How can I append this code so that I can choose which file types are copied?

Additionally, what is the difference between cp_r and cp?

Any advice or improvements to my code are more than welcome - I've seen people try to do similar things with much more complicated code, so in a sense I'm worried mine is too simple...Thanks for the help!!

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 23 '14 at 07:29

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You can use Dir::glob to find the files and FileUtils::mv to move them:

require 'fileutils'

Dir.glob('/Users/.../Music/*.{mp3,m4a}') do |filename|
  FileUtils.mv(filename, '/Users/.../Automatically Add to iTunes/')
end

answered Sep 23 '14 at 07:29

Stefan

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 23 '14 at 07:07

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To copy special type files, use

Dir.foreach(absolute_path) do |file|
  if file.downcase.end_with?('.mp3', 'mp4', ....)
      FileUtils.cp(file, final_dir)
  end
end

Travel all folder to select which file can copy instead copying all folder by your code.

Ps: cp_r and cp is equal to cp -r and cp in console, means copy a folder or only a file.

answered Sep 23 '14 at 07:07

dddd1919

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Is there a way to retain the folders that the files are found in when I copy? Each music file is in a folder based on artist within the src folder. It also seems that my code is not preventing duplicate copies... – SteenJobs Sep 24 '14 at 01:14
Yes, `FileUtils.cp_r` or `FileUtils.cp` is just copy folder or files but not delete source, unless using `FileUtils.mv_r` or `FileUtils.mv` – dddd1919 Sep 24 '14 at 01:25

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 21 '15 at 05:13

Maid provides some helper methods that would assist with this. Let's piece them together, individually.

# Find all files in your Downloads
dir('~/Downloads/*')

# Find **any kind of audio files** in your Downloads
where_content_type(dir('~/Downloads/*'), 'audio')

# Copy these specific MP3 files in Downloads to a specific iTunes folder
copy(['~/Downloads/song_1.mp3', '~/Downloads/song_2.mp3'],
     '~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Automatically Add to iTunes/')

# Copy any MP3 files in Downloads to a specific iTunes folder
copy(dir('~/Downloads/*.mp3'),
     '~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Automatically Add to iTunes/')

We can put those pieces together for the full intent, namely copying audio files to the "Automatically Add to iTunes" folder.

Maid.rules do
  rule 'copy audio files to the "Automatically Add to iTunes" folder' do
    copy(where_content_type(dir('~/Downloads/*'), 'audio'),
       '~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Automatically Add to iTunes/')
  end
end

If you'd like, this can be broken down using variables -- it's Ruby after all.

Maid.rules do
  rule 'copy audio files to the "Automatically Add to iTunes" folder' do
    files_in_downloads = dir('~/Downloads/*')
    audio_files_in_downloads = where_content_type(files_in_downloads, 'audio')
    automatically_add_to_itunes_folder = '~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Automatically Add to iTunes/'

    copy(audio_files_in_downloads, automatically_add_to_itunes_folder)
  end
end

I hope this helps!

How do I copy specific file types with Maid?

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