chore(config-shared): Remove emacs config files
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1#!/bin/bash
2
3# Date: 2020-05-10T15:27Z
4# Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval
5# License: GPLv3+
6# Ref./Attrib:
7# [1]: John1024 (2014-08-06). ["linux-shell: renaming files to creation time"](https://stackoverflow.com/a/25153352). Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
8# [2]: Computer Hope (2019-05-04). ["Bash read builtin command"](https://www.computerhope.com/unix/bash/read.htm).
9
10# Description: Preappends modification time to all files in current
11# working directory.
12
13# Usage: bkdatename
14
15# Prompt to change filenames for all files in working directory.
16read -p "Append each file's modification date & time to the start of its name in the current working directory? (y/n)" -n 1 -r
17echo
18if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]] # see [2]
19then
20 #Perform renaming operation.
21 for f in *
22 do
23 FILE_NAME="$f"
24 FILE_MDATE="$(date -r "$f" +"%Y%m%dT%H%M%S")" # See [1].
25 FILE_NAME_NEW="$FILE_MDATE".."$FILE_NAME"
26 # Display new file name
27 echo "Renaming $f to:""$FILE_NAME_NEW"
28 cp -p ./"$f" ./"$FILE_NAME_NEW"
29 rm ./"$f"
30 done
31 echo "Done."
32fi