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Automatically pull new photos and videos from Android phone via adb
#!/bin/sh
devicePrefix="Pixel"
count() { # args...
echo $#
}
which combine >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
echo "error: Missing 'combine' utility" >&2
exit 2
}
which adb >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
echo "error: Missing Android Debug Bridge (adb)" >&2
exit 2
}
[ -e ".photosync" ] || touch ".photosync" || {
echo "error: Cannot create sync file" >&2
exit 2
}
deviceFiles="$(adb -d shell ls -1A '/storage/emulated/0/DCIM/Camera/')"
unsyncedFiles=$(echo "$deviceFiles" | combine - not ".photosync")
unsyncedFiles=$(echo $unsyncedFiles)
i=0
numFiles=$(count $unsyncedFiles)
errors=0
[ $numFiles -eq 0 ] && {
echo "Nothing to sync." >&2
exit 0
}
echo "Syncing ${numFiles} files" >&2
echo >&2
directory="${devicePrefix}$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M')"
mkdir -p "${directory}"
for filename in $unsyncedFiles; do
percentage=$(( (i * 100) / numFiles ))
printf "[ %3s%% ] " "${percentage}"
echo "Pulling ${filename}"
adb -d pull -p -a "/storage/emulated/0/DCIM/Camera/${filename}" "${directory}/${filename}" \
&& { echo "${filename}" >> ".photosync"; } \
|| (( errors++ ))
(( i++ ))
done
percentage=$(( (i * 100) / numFiles ))
printf "[ %3s%% ] " "${percentage}"
echo "Done"
if [ $errors -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Completed without errors." >&2
else
echo "${errors} errors occurred during sync." >&2
exit 3
fi
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