Command line OSX

dewy · Post by **dewy** » 20 Jan 2012, 23:27

Hi there, firstly thanks for developing such an amazing piece of software. However I'm having trouble running scripts or executing the program from the command line. Could you please provide a brief instruction on how to install filebot for OSX so I can execute it from the terminal/run a script. I want to automate moving from my downloads folder into /Volumes/TV\ Shows/'show name'/'season #'/...

Post by **rednoah** » 21 Jan 2012, 00:57

Well, since an app bundle is not an installer the "filebot" command can't be setup automatically. But there is an install script in FileBot.app/MacOS/bin

Run FileBot.app/MacOS/bin/install.sh to link "filebot" into /bin

dewy · Post by **dewy** » 21 Jan 2012, 01:10

Thanks, however the directory in my .app (downloaded from the SF page a few hours ago

Filebot.app/Contents/MacOS/install.sh

Before I was trying to run things as Finebot.app -script =P

Post by **rednoah** » 21 Jan 2012, 01:20

Yep that folder then.

That would be cool but Apple says app bundles must be GUI apps so no console. But I did ready in newer OSXs you can do something like "start Filebot.app -arguments <appl.args>" but that's kinda crap. Better just install the command.

dewy · Post by **dewy** » 21 Jan 2012, 01:23

Any possible assistance with this:

192-168-1-6:~ dewy$ filebot -script "~/Downloads/sort.groovy"
FileNotFoundException: ~/Downloads/sort.groovy
java.io.FileNotFoundException: ~/Downloads/sort.groovy
at net.sourceforge.filebot.cli.ArgumentBean.getScriptLocation(Unknown Source)
at net.sourceforge.filebot.cli.ArgumentProcessor.process(Unknown Source)
at net.sourceforge.filebot.Main.main(Unknown Source)
Failure (?_?)

Does a script have to be loaded from the HTTP?

dewy · Post by **dewy** » 21 Jan 2012, 01:32

Basically at the moment I have uTorrent set up using RSS to download to "/Volumes/Drobo/Downloads/" automatically.

So I want a script to watch this directory, then rename and file into
"/Volumes/Drobo/TV Shows/[showname]/..."

So I know I want my output format to be:

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/Volumes/Drobo/TV Shows/{n}/Season {s}/{n} - {s00e00} - {t}

Post by **rednoah** » 21 Jan 2012, 01:36

Be careful about the ~/ you put it into "" so your shell won't resolve it to /home/me/. Use absolute paths for simplicity.

Post by **rednoah** » 21 Jan 2012, 01:41

Check out the housekeeping.groovy script. Modify to the way you need it and it should work fine. Better have utorrent move completed/seeded downloads into a separate "watched" folder so u don't get conflicts with open file handles / missing files / etc

dewy · Post by **dewy** » 21 Jan 2012, 01:42

Thanks.

So far I have the current terminal command working:

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filebot -rename /Volumes/Drobo/Downloads/ --format "/Volumes/Drobo/TV Shows/{n}/Season {s}/{n} - {s00e00} - {t}" --db thetvdb

Is there a way I can automate this to watch the directory and not have to open terminal?

dewy · Post by **dewy** » 21 Jan 2012, 01:43

Housekeeping script looks good. Any idea how to automate it?

Edit: By Automate it I mean - can we have it run without a terminal window?

Post by **rednoah** » 21 Jan 2012, 01:48

It's just a command. MacOS should have faculties to just launch stuff in background on startup. Or you can have utorrent initiate a rename after a completed download.

dewy · Post by **dewy** » 21 Jan 2012, 02:16

Running my command of

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filebot -rename /Volumes/Drobo/Downloads/* --format "/Volumes/Drobo/TV Shows/{n}/Season {s}/{n} - {s00e00} - {t}" --db thetvdbp

I now get the following error:
[quote]192-168-1-6:Downloads dewy$ filebot -rename /Volumes/Drobo/Downloads/* --format "/Volumes/Drobo/TV Shows/{n}/Season {s}/{n} - {s00e00} - {t}" --db thetvdb
Rename episodes using [TheTVDB]
Exception: Unable to auto-select query: [How to Make It in America, Hustle]
Failure (?_?)
192-168-1-6:Downloads dewy$ [quote]

It works without issue when there is only one file in the folder. But when more than one file exists I have no luck.

Post by **rednoah** » 21 Jan 2012, 02:22

Not because it's one file but because it's multiple shows from the same folder. Cmdline is strict by default, so you won't mess up your files.

Enable fuzzy logic via -non-strict and it'll "most probably" get things right the way u want it.

dukenbat · Post by **dukenbat** » 22 Jan 2012, 02:03

I had some trouble getting the command line Filebot application to run. Thought I would share my solution.
I have never worked with Java before, so be gentle if this is all wrong.
I'm using a stock install of OSX Lion with all updates run.

1. ran install.sh from inside the Filebot.app

$ filebot -script "~/Downloads/sort.groovy"

produces this error
ClassNotFoundException: java.nio.file.FileVisitor
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: java.nio.file.FileVisitor

Missing a class?

$java -version
java version "1.6.0_29"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_29-b11-402-11M3527)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.4-b02-402, mixed mode)

Java 7 needs to be installed, you can find it and instruction here...
http://code.google.com/p/openjdk-osx-bu ... MACOSXPORT

It is easy, just a dmg containing one package, then run the following command:

$ export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.7.0.jdk/Contents/Home

Works fine now.

Hope this helps someone.

Post by **rednoah** » 22 Jan 2012, 02:11

Java 7 on OSX?? Awesome! Just had people complaining that it's really difficult to install. Thanks for sharing!

Actually scripting should work with Java 6 as well but something got messed up in 2.4, my fault sry

dewy · Post by **dewy** » 22 Jan 2012, 02:28

Okay guys, I have created something that works well. Using Automator I created a "Folder Action" on my downloads directory. So the moment my torrent application is finished with the file it dumps it into this directory. The Folder Action watches for any new items in this folder and immediately runs the shell command:

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 filebot -rename /Volumes/Drobo/Downloads/* --format "/Volumes/Drobo/TV Shows/{n}/Season {s}/{n} - {s00e00} - {t}" --db thetvdb -non-strict

Hopefully this helps give people an alternative to the confusing scripting method.

Ps. Thanks for the fuzzy logic argument.

lyonss3 · Post by **lyonss3** » 24 Jan 2012, 03:25

dewy wrote:Okay guys, I have created something that works well. Using Automator I created a "Folder Action" on my downloads directory. So the moment my torrent application is finished with the file it dumps it into this directory. The Folder Action watches for any new items in this folder and immediately runs the shell command:
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 filebot -rename /Volumes/Drobo/Downloads/* --format "/Volumes/Drobo/TV Shows/{n}/Season {s}/{n} - {s00e00} - {t}" --db thetvdb -non-strict

that is beautiful, thank you. now do i just save the folder action anywhere and from now on when a file is added it will automatically run the command?

marceld · Post by **marceld** » 02 Feb 2012, 18:18

I've installed filebot.sh but keep getting: command not found, what could I be doing wrong?

thequestion · Post by **thequestion** » 02 Feb 2012, 20:59

did you chmod 755 filebot.sh? it has to be executable

stewmo · Post by **stewmo** » 11 Apr 2013, 15:45

Hi...

I'm really new (as in never done before) to anything CLI, but I want to install filebot.sh, so I can enter script to automate moving and re-naming files. Whenever I try to post in anything on Terminal (the OS X CLI app) I get the following message:

-bash: filebot: command not found

I want to be able to automate naming files, then moving them into another folder (I have an app called Hazel which handles everything but the re-naming process).

Any help from anyone who knows what's up would be greatly appreciated.

Really like what you're doing here, this software is amazing.

Post by **rednoah** » 11 Apr 2013, 16:30

Replace "filebot" with /Applications/path/to/app/FileBot.app/MacOS/filebot.sh

stewmo · Post by **stewmo** » 11 Apr 2013, 16:54

And then I just type in the rest of the code I want?

Post by **rednoah** » 11 Apr 2013, 16:56

start with filebot -version first anyway, and then once you confirmed it works try more complex things

stewmo · Post by **stewmo** » 11 Apr 2013, 17:05

This what I have (I think it is the way I'm supposed to). Does this script make sense?

/Applications/imac/Downloads/Filebot.app/MacOS/filebot.sh -rename "$1" --format {n} S{s}E{e} --db thetvdb

Post by **rednoah** » 11 Apr 2013, 17:21

Just try. Add --action test just in case.

stewmo · Post by **stewmo** » 11 Apr 2013, 17:40

I'm using the app Automator, (which creates Workflows for you to automate tasks), and whenever I try to run the following shell script:

/Applications/imac/Downloads/Filebot.app/MacOS/filebot.sh -rename "$1" --format {n} S{s}E{e} --db thetvdb --action test -non-strict

I get the error:

-: /Applications/imac/Downloads/Filebot.app/MacOS/filebot.sh: No such file or directory.

Am I doing something wrong? It looks to be correct (I think, I'm a bit of a noob to this sort of stuff).

Post by **rednoah** » 11 Apr 2013, 17:50

And you never ever even tried to just open that path? It clearly says "No such file or directory" => PATH DOES NOT EXIST.

Maybe?
/path/to/FileBot.app/Contents/MacOS/filebot

But ignore that, figure it out yourself, open the .app folder, look for an executable called filebot, open the console and play with it. It's not rocket science.

You're on Mac, you see everything, I'm on Windows, I have no idea, yet I these things are so obvious... Learn how to use the console. Just ls, cd etc, execute programs. VERY BASIC.

stewmo · Post by **stewmo** » 12 Apr 2013, 20:44

I did finally get it working after much experimentation.

It turns out I needed to use a sudo command to install the contents of the bundle. Now I can access it. I do appreciate all your help, even if I pissed you off

Post by **rednoah** » 13 Apr 2013, 03:49

Level +1, experimenting is how you do these things, now you got basic commandline skills.

fry · Post by **fry** » 02 Aug 2014, 17:16

When I run FileBot I get:

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Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: net/filebot/Main : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:637)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:621)
	at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:141)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:283)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(URLClassLoader.java:58)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:197)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
	at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247

For the record, I run Java 7 Update 65 on my machine.

Any ideas?

PS: I'm on 10.10.

Post by **rednoah** » 02 Aug 2014, 17:44

For the record, you are running Java 6.

This might help: http://www.filebot.net/forums/viewtopic ... 652#p10683

fry · Post by **fry** » 02 Aug 2014, 18:20

That's so strange… my shell indeed outputs:

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java version "1.6.0_65"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_65-b14-466.1-11M4716)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.65-b04-466.1, mixed mode)

… despite my control panel telling me:

And the latest build from Oracle won't install no matter what they say here. I guess I just have to be patient and wait until the release something that works.

srkinard · Post by **srkinard** » 03 Aug 2014, 17:20

Only took 2 commands to switch Java on my 10.10 Yosemite dev box:

BEFORE:

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->$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_65"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_65-b14-466.1-11M4716)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.65-b04-466.1, mixed mode)

COMMANDS:

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sudo rm /usr/bin/java
sudo ln -s /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/java /usr/bin

AFTER:

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->$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_60"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_60-b19)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.60-b09, mixed mode)

Hope this helps.

fry · Post by **fry** » 05 Aug 2014, 10:26

A good fix. Thanks.

panda78 · Post by **panda78** » 03 Feb 2016, 19:34

sorry ,
i'm trying to learn how to work with CLI using filebot.app in osx because my synology cant run filebot7filebot node cause low ram and cpu

I'm searching for install.sh but in my filebot.app content it isn't

can you help me ?

thxs

Post by **rednoah** » 03 Feb 2016, 19:46

This thread is outdated.

Use brew cask:
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2049

panda78 · Post by **panda78** » 03 Feb 2016, 19:54

rednoah wrote:This thread is outdated.

Use brew cask:
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2049

i have just pay for filebot on mac app store

Post by **rednoah** » 04 Feb 2016, 04:56

Your contribution is much appreciated. Make sure to give me a 5-star rating. Thank you!

togo · Post by **togo** » 09 Apr 2017, 19:00

Hi there, I'm using FileBot a while with GUI and today I wanted to test FileBot with CLI, but I'm getting
"-bash: filebot: command not found"

I have bought FileBot on Mac AppStore and I don't have "filebot.sh" in ../FileBot.app/Contents/MacOS

How can I use FileBot with CLI?

Thank you...

Post by **rednoah** » 09 Apr 2017, 20:37

Apple doesn't allow command-line tools in Mac App Store bundles.

You can install the filebot command-line tools via brew:
viewtopic.php?t=2049