Removing meta data with the help of mat2

remove-meta.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Source folder where your files are located
source_folder="/home/pappz/Downloads/metatest"

# Check if the source folder exists
if [ ! -d "$source_folder" ]; then
  echo "Source folder does not exist: $source_folder"
  exit 1
fi

# modify the file with mat2, remove metadata and move it back to the original name
modify_file_function() {
    # Get the file name and extension
    filename=$(basename "$2")
    extension="${filename##*.}"
    filename_noext="${filename%.*}"
    # Run mat2 to clean the file
    mat2 "$file"
    # Move the cleaned file back to the original name with the modified extension
    mv "$1/$filename_noext.cleaned.$extension" "$1/$filename_noext.$extension"
}

# Iterate through files in the source folder
get_into_folder_function() {
  for file in "$1"/*; do
    # if it is a file, then modify it
    if [ -f "$file" ]; then
      modify_file_function "$1" "$file" 
    fi
    # if it is a folder, then get into it
    if [ -d "$file" ]; then
      # make it recursive papa, yeah! 
      get_into_folder_function "$file"
    fi
  done
}

get_into_folder_function "$source_folder"

echo "Cleaning and moving completed."