mv and cp are not implemented so I wrote a wrapper

[g-gundam]

harvest/src/harvest.lua

Lines 168 to 178 in a9466f9

	cli:command("mv", "move the selection to destination")
	:argument('dest','folder to which the selection will be moved')
	:action(function(options)
	print("TODO: mv to destination: "..options.dest)
	end)
	cli:command("cp", "copy the selection to destination")
	:argument('dest','folder to which the selection will be moved')
	:action(function(options)
	print("TODO: mv to destination: "..options.dest)
	end)

I like the idea behind harvest, and it was pretty close to what I needed for my ~/Downloads cleanup project, but I saw that the mv and cp commands were not implemented yet. However, it seemed like I could make a wrapper around the current unfinished harvest and implement cp and mv myself. The result was hvst.

Usage:
  hvst
  hvst help
  hvst cp <TYPE> <DEST> [OPTION]...
  hvst mv <TYPE> <DEST> [OPTION]...

Examples:

  # Display help message.
  hvst help

  # List files in current directory.
  hvst

  # Copy all images to ~/Pictures.
  hvst cp image ~/Pictures

  # Copy all images to ~/Pictures and be verbose.
  hvst cp image ~/Pictures --verbose

  # Show what would happen if we tried to move all images to ~/Pictures/YYYY/MM.
  hvst mv image '@"~/Pictures/$_->{year}/$_->{month}"' --recon

  # Move all images to ~/Pictures/YYYY/MM.
  hvst mv image '@"~/Pictures/$_->{year}/$_->{month}"'

  # Both cp and mv commands take --verbose and --recon (or -v and -r for short).

I'm posting here in case someone finds this useful.

[jaromil]

@g-gundam thanks. the cp and mv are implemented in the older zsh version, but the new rewrite in lua needs polishing ( "works for me" basically ). will have a look at your code, would be nice to join hobby forces 😅

[g-gundam]

@jaromil I'm in a works-for-me situation myself since my wrapper implements the functionality I needed. I feel like I captured the spirit of what harvest was trying to accomplish, but it is admittedly a quick and dirty hack done in a different language. If the desire to learn Lua becomes strong enough, I may fill in some of the blanks in the Lua implementation. However, for now, I'm going to thank you for doing the file scanning and categorization work that I was able to build upon. It let me clean up my ~/Downloads and ~/Pictures directory which was a mess, and it will help me keep it clean going forward.

[jaromil]

No need to rewrite in another language I think is fine like that as long as it is reliable for the delicate task.

I read the code and seems very concise, which is a great plus.

Hope you don't mind if I include it inside harvest?

would you like to commit it yourself as a PR here? inside subdir hvst is OK