Nikon RAW photo transfer from remote to local. This script transfers the raw NEF file to a local working directory along with related JPG files.

transfer_photos_locally.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Nikon RAW photo transfer from remote to local.
# Created by: Ryan Saul
#
# I have a process of backing up all of my photos to a remote PC in the $REMOTE_BACKUP/pending directory so I can work on them later.
# This script transfers the raw NEF file to a local working directory.
# It then moves the NEF file to the $REMOTE_BACKUP/processed directory along with the related JPG (if it exists).
#
# Required: $REMOTE_BACKUP and $LOCAL_BACKUP set to their respective
# You can set these in your bashrc or right here in the script:
#
# REMOTE_BACKUP=<your remote backup directory>
# LOCAL_BACKUP=<your local backup directory>

SERVER=home
REMOTE_PENDING=$REMOTE_BACKUP/pending
REMOTE_PROCESSED=$REMOTE_BACKUP/processed
OPT1=$1
TRANSFER_AMT=${OPT1:=10}

echo $(date) "Transferring $TRANSFER_AMT photo(s)"

echo $(date) Getting files to transfer
files_to_transfer=$(ssh $SERVER 'find '$REMOTE_PENDING' -type f -name "*.NEF" | head -n '$TRANSFER_AMT'')

for transfer in $files_to_transfer
do
    transfer_subdirectory=$(basename ${transfer%/*})
    echo $(date) Ensuring subdirectory $transfer_subdirectory exists
    ssh home 'mkdir '$REMOTE_PROCESSED'/'$transfer_subdirectory'' 2> /dev/null
    echo $(date) Transferring file $transfer
    scp home:$transfer $LOCAL_BACKUP
    echo $(date) Moving transferred file from $transfer to $REMOTE_PROCESSED/$transfer_subdirectory
    ssh home 'mv '$transfer' '$REMOTE_PROCESSED'/'$transfer_subdirectory'/'
    echo $(date) Moving associated JPG if it exists
    associated_jpg=${transfer%.NEF}.JPG 2> /dev/null
    ssh home 'mv '$associated_jpg' '$REMOTE_PROCESSED'/'$transfer_subdirectory'/'
done