gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/bash

# loop through all of the shapefiles in the directory and act on them
# http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/FAQVector#HowcanImergehundredsofShapefiles
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/965053/extract-filename-and-extension-in-bash

#USAGE:
# sh list_dir_of_shps.sh in_dir_path out_dir_path

#Capture the shell arguments
in_dir_of_shps=$1
out_dir_of_shps=$2

#Ensure the output directory exists
mkdir -p ${out_dir_of_shps}

#Loop thru all the shps in the input dir
for i in $(ls ${in_dir_of_shps}/*.shp); do
  echo ${i}
  
  #Capture each filename
  filename=$(basename "$i")
  #extension="${filename##*.}"
  #filename="${filename%.*}"
  
  o=${out_dir_of_shps}/${filename}
  #echo ${o}
  
  python ../ogrtools.py --in_file ${i} --out_file ${o} --function fieldnames_lowercase
done