file enumeration tool

files/file-enumerate

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+function _help() {
+  echo '
+Usage: file-enumerate [-k] [-p #]
+
+  Creates a folder "enumerated" and hard links all files in the current folder
+  renamed with a number
+
+  -k  keep filename, and insert the number in the beginning
+  -p  pad nunbers, defaults to 4
+'
+exit
+}
+keep=false
+pad=4
+for (( i=1; i<=$#; i++ )); do
+    j=$(( i + 1 ))
+    [[ "${!i}" = "-h" ]] && _help
+    [[ "${!i}" = "--help" ]] && _help
+    [[ "${!i}" = "-k" ]] && keep=true
+    [[ "${!i}" = "-p" ]] && { pad=${!j}; i=$(( i + 1 )); }
+done
+
+printf -v padstr "%%0%dd" $pad
+
+_drive() {
+    ls -1prt | grep -v "/$" | cat -n | while read n f; do 
+        printf -v padded $padstr $n
+        if [[ $keep = true ]]; then
+           printf -v outname "%s.%s" "$padded" "$f"
+        else
+           ext=${f#*.}
+           if [[ "$ext" = "$f" ]]; then
+               printf -v outname "%s" "$padded"
+           else
+               printf -v outname "%s.%s" "$padded" "$ext"
+           fi
+        fi
+        printf "%30s -> %s\n" "$f" "$outname"
+        cp -l "${f}" enumerated/"$outname"
+    done
+}
+
+mkdir -p enumerated
+_drive