#!/bin/bash if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then echo "This script copies an imglab XML file and its associated images to a new folder." echo "Notably, it will avoid copying unnecessary images." echo "Call this script like this:" echo " ./copy_dataset some_file.xml dest_dir" exit 1 fi XML_FILE=$1 DEST=$2 mkdir -p $DEST # Get the list of files we need to copy, then build the cp statements with 1000 files at most in each statement, then tell bash to run them all. imglab --files $XML_FILE | xargs perl -e 'use File::Spec; foreach (@ARGV) {print File::Spec->abs2rel($_) . "\n"}' | sort | uniq | xargs -L1000 echo | xargs -I{} echo cp -a --parents {} $DEST | bash convert_imglab_paths_to_relative $XML_FILE > $DEST/$(basename $XML_FILE)