Find "orphaned" files, how to?

[bwh]

Hello all,

I've been using TC for years now and it just occurred to me that one of you guys can help me solve a problem of mine using TC

I have a program that creates pictures and .nfo files for my series and movies. But when I sometimes delete a few of the movies the associated files don't necessarily get deleted.
So I have some "orphaned"
lovely_movie.jpg
lovely_movie.nfo
files even if te lovely_movie.mkv has been deleted.

I know its situational (mkv,avi,mp4,etc), but I'd like to try my luck

[tuska]

Hi,
Somewhere in the forum I found this solution (don't know where).

Code:

TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
cm_SelectCurrentName,cm_ShowOnlySelected,cm_ClearAll

wcmicons.dll,73
Menu "Show" - "Only selected files" |Same name (but different extensions) as the one under the cursor

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Copy and paste the above code on an empty space on your buttonbar.
Point on one file and press the button.
File names with different extensions are selected.

CTRL+R Reread Source

Kind regards,
Karl

[milo1012]

2bwh
Are you able to list only the relevant files, i.e. can you use TC's search (Alt+F7), Branch View (Ctrl+B), selected Branch View (Ctrl+Shift+B) etc. to make TC only show

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orphaned_movie.jpg
orphaned_movie.nfo
non_orphaned_movie.jpg
non_orphaned_movie.nfo
non_orphaned_movie.mkv
...

in the file list?
If yes, you could do the following:
1. select (via Numpad+ or menu):

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*.mkv *.mp4 *.avi>*.jpg *.nfo

Now all non-orphaned file pairs/triplets are selected.
All you need to do is to invert the selection (Numpad * or menu), and all orphaned files would be selected.


Explanation:

New: You can now select related files. For example, you would want to select all RAW image files (.cr2), but only if there is a jpg file in the same directory. This can be done with the following selection string:
*.jpg>*.cr2
This also supports more complex naming schemes. For example, if the jpg file is named IMG_1057.JPG and the raw file CRW_1057.CR2, the selection string would have to be:
*.jpg>crw*.cr2

[Stefan2]

...when I sometimes delete a few of the movies
the associated files don't necessarily get deleted.

So I have some "orphaned"
lovely_movie.jpg
lovely_movie.nfo

files even if te lovely_movie.mkv has been deleted.

Here a simple batch for that task.
For each X.jpg,... if Not X.mks existent,... Delete X.jpg
For each X.nfo,... if Not X.mks existent,... Delete X.nfo

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@ECHO OFF
GoTo START

-------------------
Hulk.jpg
Hulk.nfo
Hulk.mkv
-------------------
Spiderwomen 2.jpg
Spiderwomen 2.nfo
-------------------
Die Brücke 3.jpg
Die Brücke 3.nfo
Die Brücke 3.mkv
-------------------
Der Ölprinz 4.jpg
Der Ölprinz 4.nfo
-------------------


:START
REM For each X.jpg, if Not X.mks exists, Delete X.jpg
REM For each X.nfo, if Not X.mks exists, Delete X.nfo

setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
For /f "delims=" %%F in ('dir /B *.jpg') Do (
    SET BASE=%%~nF
	IF NOT EXIST "!BASE!.mkv" (ECHO DEL "%%F")
)
For /f "delims=" %%F in ('dir /B *.NFO') Do (
    SET BASE=%%~nF
	IF NOT EXIST "!BASE!.mkv" (ECHO DEL "%%F")
)
PAUSE
GoTo :EOF

-------------------
Result:
c:\temp\TCTemp\5>Find-Delete-Orphans.cmd
DEL "Der Ölprinz 4.jpg"
DEL "Spiderwomen 2.jpg"
DEL "Der Ölprinz 4.nfo"
DEL "Spiderwomen 2.nfo"

c:\temp\TCTemp\5>
-------------------

Or...

Collect all Orphans in a text file and utilize than cm_LoadSelectionFromFile=2032;Read file selection from file

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@ECHO OFF 
SET FileList=aaaaaa_Orphans.txt
IF EXIST %FileList% DEL %FileList%

CHCP 1252
setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
For /f "delims=" %%F in ('dir /B *.jpg') Do (
    SET BASE=%%~nF
   IF NOT EXIST "!BASE!.mkv" (ECHO %%F>> %FileList%)
)
For /f "delims=" %%F in ('dir /B *.NFO') Do (
    SET BASE=%%~nF
   IF NOT EXIST "!BASE!.mkv" (ECHO %%F>> %FileList%)
)
NOTEPAD %FileList%
ECHO In TC use cm_LoadSelectionFromFile=2032;Read file selection from file
ECHO Perhaps followed by cm_ShowOnlySelected ? (See TOTALCMD.INC file for more)
PAUSE 

"aaaaaa_Orphans.txt" contains now:
Der Ölprinz 4.jpg
Spiderwomen 2.jpg
Der Ölprinz 4.nfo
Spiderwomen 2.nfo


Usage:
Execute the batch in your folder with movies.
Paste cm_LoadSelectionFromFile in TC command line, select aaaaaa_Orphans.txt.
Result: all orphaned files are selected now.



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milo1012's selection trick works well too.

I have played around a bit and added another EM_cmd in my usercmd.ini:
[em_MKV]
cmd=SelectfilesU *.mkv *.mp4 *.avi>*.jpg *.nfo

Now select all files in the movie folder first,
next execute em_MKV in TC command line,
and done, only orphaned files are selected (but unrelated files too if there are any ).



 

14. SELECTFILES file types marks files of the given type, e.g. SELECTFILES *.txt *.doc
Supported modifiers:
D=only folders, B=both, U=unselect,
L=left side, R=right side, T=target panel,
S=Reverts whether just files or files+folders are selected when Shift is pressed during execution.