[Plain File Mode] Offline Cleanup

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[Plain File Mode] Offline Cleanup

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Plain File Mode allows us to process files based on locally available information:

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filebot -rename -r /input --output /output --action hardlink --db file --format "{ fn.clean() }" --file-filter "none{ f.age > 1 }{ f.linkCount > 1 }{ f.clutter }"

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[HARDLINK] from [/input/[ONe]_Ano_Hana_01_(1280x720_DVD_AC3)_[A1B2C3D4].mkv] to [/output/Ano Hana 01.mkv]


-r ... select files from the /input folder and subfolders recursively

--format ... generate new file names based on the current file name with clutter patterns stripped away:

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{ fn.clean() }
--file-filter ... exclude files that are older than a day, and exclude files that have been hardlinked already, and exclude clutter files:

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none{ f.age > 1 }{ f.linkCount > 1 }{ f.clutter }
f.age ... age in days since the Last-Modified date of f
f.linkCount ... link count of f
f.clutter ... true if f is a clutter file (e.g. trailer, sample, artwork, subtitle, etc)


:idea: f.linkCount > 1 ensures that each file is only processed once, even if filebot is called on the same files multiple times.

:idea: f.age > 1 ensures that only newly added files are selected for processing, which is useful if filebot is called on the same files on a schedule.
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