Shell Script to Rename Folder and Create New Folder

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Shell Script to Rename Folder and Create New Folder

Hello all. I’m looking for a little guidance for an idea I have that is pretty straightforward I think but I’m not overly familiar with scripting.

I’m thinking of a shell script (I can use launchd to run on a monthly basis) that takes folder

`/Users/nathan/Kometa/config/assets`, rename it to `/Users/nathan/Kometa/config/assets2` (leaving contents intact), then recreates the empty original assets directory. How would I go about that?

What does “monthly” look like in terms of a launchd calendar interval?

Thanks!

Mac mini, macOS 14.7

Posted on Feb 27, 2025 09:33 PM

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rothnd Author

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Feb 28, 2025 07:06 AM in response to rothnd

I think I've got the bones. Basically a sh that mv assets assets2 then mkdir assets. Run on a launchd Day1, Hour1, Min1 (every month on the first at 1?).

Question now is I would like to incorporate some level of, simple, logging of this script just so I can see when it ran, what it ran, etc. But I have 0 experience with logging, could use some help there.

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rothnd Author

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Feb 28, 2025 07:28 AM in response to rothnd

Ughhhh. I stand corrected. When I manually invoke this in terminal it works fine but when invoked by launchd I get 'mv rename operation not permitted' in stdout... I've tried giving Terminal Full Disk Access and now trying mv command with sudo.

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