Kegn · October 8, 2019 15:43 · Oct 8, 2019 · Oct 8, 2019 · Oct 8, 2019
diff --git a/photorec-filer.sh b/photorec-filer.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # shitty way but works kind of
-# for some reason it opies them all into the first directory, so
+# for some reason it copies them all into the first directory, so
 # copy the functions into a terminal then run manually
 # makes a list of filetypes from photorec recovery
 # then makes a list of files

diff --git a/photorec-filer.sh b/photorec-filer.sh
@@ -13,11 +13,10 @@
 copylist() {
     # makes a list
   list=$(ls recup**/ | grep '\.' | cut -d. -f2 | sort -u | grep -v :)
-    # for each item in the list, call the copyfile() function the item
+    # for each item in the list, call the copyfile() function on the item
   for item in $list; do
       echo $item;
-      copyfile $item;
-
+      copyfile $item;   
   done
 }
 
@@ -26,9 +25,9 @@ copylist() {
 copyfile() {
     # make directory of recdata/filetype
     mkdir -p recdata/$1
-    # file all instances of type with relative path
+    # find all instances of type with relative path
     find . -name '*\.'$1 >> $1-file
-    # while reading line from filetype-file, each line has a file. copy that file to the directory of filetyp
+    # while reading line from filetype-file, each line has a file. copy that file to the directory of filetype
     while IFS='' read -r line || [[ -n "$line" ]]; do cp $line recdata/$1/ ; done < $1-file
     }
 

diff --git a/photorec-filer.sh b/photorec-filer.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# shitty way but works kind of
+# for some reason it opies them all into the first directory, so
+# copy the functions into a terminal then run manually
+# makes a list of filetypes from photorec recovery
+# then makes a list of files
+# then makes directories for each one
+# then it copies the files into the appropriate folder
+# start in folder with all the recup*/
+# 2019 kegn
+
+copylist() {
+    # makes a list
+  list=$(ls recup**/ | grep '\.' | cut -d. -f2 | sort -u | grep -v :)
+    # for each item in the list, call the copyfile() function the item
+  for item in $list; do
+      echo $item;
+      copyfile $item;
+
+  done
+}
+
+
+# takes filetype as arguement
+copyfile() {
+    # make directory of recdata/filetype
+    mkdir -p recdata/$1
+    # file all instances of type with relative path
+    find . -name '*\.'$1 >> $1-file
+    # while reading line from filetype-file, each line has a file. copy that file to the directory of filetyp
+    while IFS='' read -r line || [[ -n "$line" ]]; do cp $line recdata/$1/ ; done < $1-file
+    }
+
+# run copylist
+copylist