Use this script to quickly clean up duplicate iPhone images, which are named like this: "IMG_1234 1.JPG" where this is a copy of "IMG_1234.JPG", though it can take any pattern that will work with the `-name` argument of `find`. These files are sometimes the by-product of importing iPhone pictures via the Image Capture application. This script MU…

iphone_cleanup.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Use this script to quickly clean up duplicate iPhone images, which are named
# like this: "IMG_1234 1.JPG" where this is a copy of "IMG_1234.JPG", though
# it can take any pattern that will work with the `-name` argument of `find`.
#
# These files are sometimes the by-product of importing iPhone pictures via the
# Image Capture application.
#
# This script MUST be in the same directory as your photos! I did not add the 
# ability for a custom directory because this is sufficient for my purposes (it
# just sits in my `~/Dropbox/Photos/iPhone` directory).

cd $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]} && pwd)

pattern="IMG_* *.*"

if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
    pattern="$1"
fi

find . -type f -name "$pattern" -print0 | xargs -0 rm