Never mind. I was able to solve it, with a bit of trial and error, and referring to different guides.

Here is the working expression:
filebot -rename -r /rips/tv/Friends/Season\ 01/*.mkv --q "Friends" --db TheMovieDB::TV --action copy --format "/rips/tv/{n} ({y}){'/Season '+s.pad(2)}/{n}.{s00e00 ...

Is there an FAQ or something about passing format expressions via text file?

Hi,

Using the following expression:
filebot -rename -r /rips/tv/Friends/Season\ 01/*.mkv --q "Friends" --db TheMovieDB::TV --action copy --format /rips/tv/{n}\ \({y}\){'/Season '+s}/{n}.{s00e00}.h264-AVC.{bitdepth}\ bit.{ac}\ \[{channels}\].{source}-{vf}

Yields the following error:
SyntaxError ...

:!: Note that the OP is about SNAP confinement issues. If you have general Linux permission issues unrelated to SNAP deployment, then perhaps a separate thread is in order (and make sure to include the new error message you get now too, because the one in the OP is specific to SNAP confinement ...

I'm not using SNAP though.

Yes, I am using the DEB now. Why would I still be getting the errors. Even after chmod 777?

rednoah wrote: ↑17 Oct 2019, 02:49 A bit of general Unix advice, the / file system root is not a place where you store your files. It's not a place where you create folders.

/rips, /tv, /movies, etc. are just mount points to /dev/sdx. They are not actually storing anything in root

FileBot 4.8.5 (r6224)
JNA Native: 5.2.0
MediaInfo: 19.09
p7zip: p7zip Version 16.02 (locale=en_US.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,64 bits,4 CPUs Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4160 CPU @ 3.60GHz (306C3),ASM,AES-NI)
unrar: UNRAR 5.50 freeware
Chromaprint: fpcalc version 1.4.3
Extended Attributes: OK
Unicode ...

Disregard the above, I have removed snap install and installed apt install. Shell is still looking for filebot in /snap/bin though.

Sorted. I had to remove Filebot, then restart and reinstall.

I am still getting the NoSuchFileException when trying to run
filebot -rename -r "/rips/tv/Friends ...

When adding sudo
+ sudo filebot -rename -r '/rips/tv/Friends/Season 01/*.mkv' --q Friends --db TheMovieDB::TV --format '/rips/tv/{n} {y}/{n}.{s00e00}.h264-AVC.{bitdepth} bit.{ac} [{channels}].{source}-{vf}'
mkdir: cannot create directory '/run/user/0': Permission denied
Illegal Argument: java.nio ...

Further to this, I have tried

filebot -rename -r "/rips/tv/Friends/Season 01/*.mkv" --q "Friends" --db TheMovieDB::TV --format "/rips/tv/{n} {y}/{n}.{s00e00}.h264-AVC.{bitdepth} bit.{ac} [{channels}].{source}-{vf}"


Which resulted in:
Illegal Argument: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /rips ...

Hi,

First time poster here. I am trying to perform a rename of a directory containing mkv's, using TheMovieDB TV... copying the renamed files to another location.


Error:
llegal Argument: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /rips/tv/Friends/Season 01 (/rips/tv/Friends/Season 01)
Rename episodes ...