pick-files
is a script that randomly selects a specific number of files
from a set of folders and copies these files to a single destination folder.
During repeat runs the previously selected files are excluded from the
selection for a specific time period that can be specified.
Usage Example
pick-files --number 20 \
--destination output \
--suffix .jpg --suffix .avi \
--folder folder1 --folder folder2
Would choose at random 20 files from folder1
and folder2
(including
sub-folders) and copy those files into output
. The output
is created if
it does not exist already. In this example, only files with suffixes .jpg
or .avi
are considered.
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Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
If you’re running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) or later, including Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.
For versions of Ubuntu between 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) and 15.10 (Wily Werewolf), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include snap by default, snap can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for snapd.
Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
To install pick-files, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install pick-files
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