user/gthumb/rmall.org

   1 #+AUTHOR: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval
   2 #+DATE: 2026-06-16
   3 #+TITLE: rmall
   4
   5 ** Summary
   6 This command moves to trash a single selected file ~dir1/file123.ext~
   7 along with any adjacent files that share the same stem located within
   8 the same directory (e.g. ~dir1/file123.*~). Also moved are matching
   9 files in directories neighboring the originalʼs parent directory
  10 (e.g. ~dir2/file123.*~).  The destination trash directory is ~.trash~;
  11 parent directories (e.g. ~dir1~, ~dir2~) are preserved within
  12 ~.trash/~.
  13
  14 ** Stats
  15 Version: 0.0.6
  16 License: GPLv3+
  17 gThumb version: ~3.12.6~
  18 Suggested keyboard shortcut: ~Shift + T~
  19
  20 ** Usage
  21 *rmall* is useful for pruning photos with multiple format extensions
  22 with each extension type in a separate directory.  For example, letʼs
  23 say a ~JPG/~ directory contains ~JPG/DSC01001.JPG~,
  24 ~JPG/DSC01001.JPG.ots~ and a ~ARW/~ directory contains
  25 ~ARW/DSC01001.ARW~. With ~JPG/DSC01001.JPG~ selected in gThumb, a
  26 ~.trash~ directory is created next to ~JPG/~ and ~ARW/~. Then, the
  27 following moves are performed:
  28
  29 - ~JPG/DSC01001.JPG~ is moved to ~.trash/JPG/DSC01001.JPG~
  30 - ~JPG/DSC01001.JPG.ots~ is moved to ~.trash/JPG/DSC01001.JPG.ots~
  31 - ~ARW/DSC01001.ARW~ is moved to ~.trash/ARW/DSC01001.ARW~
  32
  33 Thus, by browsing ~JPG/~ in gThumb and performing *rmall* on undesired
  34 photos, the unwanted related photos from not only ~JPG/~, ~ARW/~ and
  35 other similar directories are prepared for disposal in ~.trash~.
  36
  37 Then, it is upon the user to empty the contents of ~.trash~ to
  38 permanently delete them.
  39
  40 ** Code
  41 Paste the code below into the ~Command~ field of the ~Edit Command~
  42 window under 🔧 → Personalize… .
  43
  44 Line-by-line view:
  45 #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
  46 # rmall v0.0.6
  47 fdebug=/tmp/gtlog.txt;
  48 f=%F;
  49 fBase="$(basename "$f")";
  50 fne="${fBase%.*}";
  51 dppar="$(dirname %P)";
  52 dtrash="${dppar}/.trash";
  53 if [ -z "$fne" ]; then printf "FATAL: Empty stem from:%s\n" "$fne" 1>>"$fdebug" 2>&1; exit 1; fi;
  54 runDate="$(date -Is 2>&1)";
  55 printf "STATUS:runDate:%s\n" "$runDate" 1>>"$fdebug" 2>&1;
  56 printf "DEBUG:fdebug:%s\n" "$fdebug" 1>>"$fdebug" 2>&1;
  57 printf "DEBUG:f:%s\n" "$f" 1>>"$fdebug" 2>&1;
  58 printf "DEBUG:fBase:%s\n" "$fBase" 1>>"$fdebug" 2>&1;
  59 printf "DEBUG:fne:%s\n" "$fne" 1>>"$fdebug" 2>&1;
  60 printf "DEBUG:dppar:%s\n" "$dppar" 1>>"$fdebug" 2>&1;
  61 printf "DEBUG:dtrash:%s\n" "$dtrash" 1>>"$fdebug" 2>&1;
  62 for fsrc in "${dppar}"/*/"${fne}".*; do
  63   if [ ! -e "$fsrc" ]; then continue; fi;
  64   sdname="$(basename "$(dirname "$fsrc")")";
  65   ddest="${dtrash}/${sdname}";
  66   printf "DEBUG:fsrc:%s\n" "$fsrc" 1>>"$fdebug" 2>&1;
  67   printf "DEBUG:sdname:%s\n" "$sdname" 1>>"$fdebug" 2>&1;
  68   printf "DEBUG:ddest:%s\n" "$ddest" 1>>"$fdebug" 2>&1;
  69   if [ ! -d "$ddest" ]; then
  70       printf "DEBUG:Destination dir does not exist. Creating:%s\n" "$ddest" 1>>"$fdebug" 2>&1;
  71       mkdir -p "$ddest";
  72   else
  73       printf "DEBUG:Destination dir exists:%s\n" "$ddest" 1>>"$fdebug" 2>&1;
  74   fi;
  75   printf "STATUS: Moving %s → %s\n" "$fsrc" "$ddest/" 1>>"$fdebug" 2>&1;
  76   mv -n "$fsrc" "$ddest/";
  77 done 1>>"$fdebug" 2>&1;
  78 sleep 1;
  79 #+END_EXAMPLE