fergatron / plex-formatting

This bash script formats the file names in a targeted directory to match the Plex Media Server formatting guidelines.

Format for Plex

This bash script formats the file names in a targeted directory to match the Plex Media Server formatting guidelines.

Install

1. Clone repository
2. Change permission to make the file executable
3. Create a symbolic link to format4plex.sh in any of your bin directories

Execute echo $PATH to see what paths are already in your PATH environment variable. The potential directories are:

• /usr/local/bin
• /usr/local/sbin
• /usr/bin
• /usr/sbin
• ~/bin
• ~/local/bin

chmod u+x format4plex.sh
sudo ln -s /path/to/plex-formatting/format4plex.sh /usr/local/bin/format4plex

Note: If you need to use the sudo command with the script then place the symbolic link inside /usr/sbin directory.

TODO

1. Figure out how to convert '1x01' to 's01e01'
2. Remove certain patterns (use external file as a database) - have user input pattern to remove if it only removes formatting then don't go through the entire process of filtering and renaming.

• ie: --pattern-to-remove DVDrip.Xvid.mp3

References

1. https://support.plex.tv/articles/200220687-naming-series-season-based-tv-shows/
2. https://support.plex.tv/articles/203810286-what-media-formats-are-supported/