#!/bin/sh # It renames the .srt files in a directory to match the .mp4 movie names (since those are the formats I usually need). # If the subtitles are in a subfolder, the script should still work as long as there's only one .srt file. # It makes the subs discoverable by virtually any video player. # Optionally takes a language arguments e.g. en to rename to .en.srt for f in *.mp4; do if [ -f "$f" ]; then h=$(basename "$f" .mp4) echo "Renaming the subtitle (if any) accompanying $h.mp4..." n=$(find . -maxdepth 2 -name "*.srt" -printf '.' | wc -m) if [ $n -eq 1 ] && ! [ -f "$h.srt" ]; then # Check if language was given [ -z $1 ] && ext="srt" || ext="$1.srt" find . -maxdepth 2 -name "*.srt" -exec mv "{}" "$h.$ext" \; echo "Done!" else echo "Unable to find unique srt file that needs to be renamed. It might already have the proper name." fi fi done