Scripts for syncing tracks to a CDJ-compatible drive on a Mac

convert_filenames_to_ascii.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Use this script to remove special characters from the names of your files to make it easier to sync them between filesystems (e.g. APFS, NTFS and FAT32)

DIR=
EXTENSION="*.mp3"
# DEBUG=true # Remove '#' from the beginning of the line to also print out files not being renamed 

if [ -z $DIR ]; then
  echo "DIR not set. Please set it to the folder containing your files to be renamed"
fi

IFS=$'\n'; set -f # Prevent space or special characters from breaking the filenames and paths
for f in $(find /volume1/Storage/Purchased/ -name "$EXTENSION"); do
	filename="${f##*/}"  # get filename
	dirname="${f%/*}" # get directory/path name
	renamed="$(printf '%s\n' "$filename" | sed 's/[^\x20-\x7e]/_/g')" # Replace all characters with underscore that are not between x20 - x7e in ASCII
	if [ "$filename" != "$renamed" ]; then
		mv -- "$f" "$dirname"/"$renamed"
		echo "Renamed $filename to $renamed"
	elif [ $DEBUG ]
		echo "Not renaming $filename"
	fi
done
unset IFS; set +f

sync.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Use this to sync files from your main storage (e.g. folder on your laptop or NAS) to a secondary storage (e.g. removable drive like USB stick or SSD)
# This script should work with CDJ-compatible (i.e. FAT32) filesystems. (rsync by default does not work properly with MacOS/Linux and FAT32 filesystems: https://serverfault.com/a/144475)

BACKUP_DIR=~/Documents/Sync_backup
SOURCE_DIR=
DESTINATION_DIR=

if [ -z $SOURCE_DIR ] | [ -z $DESTINATION_DIR ]; then
  echo "Please set SOURCE_DIR and DESTINATION_DIR by editing the script"
  exit 1
fi

echo "Syncing from $SOURCE_DIR to $DESTINATION_DIR and backing up deleted files to $BACKUP_DIR"

mkdir -p $BACKUP_DIR
rsync -rltDvh --size-only --backup --backup-dir $BACKUP_DIR --partial --progress --delete "$SOURCE_DIR/" "$DESTINATION_DIR/"

echo "Sync complete!"