bin/spotlight-reindex
#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Reindex a drive with spotlight
#
# Copyright 2024, Joe Block <jpb@unixorn.net>
set -o pipefail
if [[ -n "$DEBUG" ]]; then
# shellcheck disable=SC2086
if [[ "$(echo $DEBUG | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" == "verbose" ]]; then
set -x
fi
fi
function debug() {
if [[ -n "$DEBUG" ]]; then
echo "$@"
fi
}
function echo-stderr() {
echo "$@" 1>&2 ## Send message to stderr.
}
function fail() {
printf '%s\n' "$1" >&2 ## Send message to stderr. Exclude >&2 if you don't want it that way.
exit "${2-1}" ## Return a code specified by $2 or 1 by default.
}
function has() {
# Check if a command is in $PATH
which "$@" > /dev/null 2>&1
}
function check-dependencies() {
debug "Checking dependencies..."
# shellcheck disable=SC2041
# Placeholders for whatever programs you really need
for p in 'mdutil'
do
if ! has $p; then
fail "Can't find $p in your $PATH"
else
debug "- Found $p"
fi
done
}
function my-name() {
basename "$0"
}
function usage() {
echo "Usage: $(my-name) Volume"
echo "I can never remember what command (mdutil) reindexes a drive, so $(my-name) rebuilds or creates a spotlight index for Volume"
exit 0
}
function path-exists() {
local file="${1}"
[[ -s "${file}" ]] || fail "$1 is not valid"
[[ -d "${file}" ]] && return
[[ -f "${file}" ]] && return
fail "$1 is not a directory or file"
}
check-dependencies
if [[ $1 == '-h' ]];then
usage
fi
if [[ $# == 1 ]]; then
echo "Got a volume"
volume='/'
else
echo "no args"
volume=$1
shift
fi
echo_stderr "Index rebuilding has to be done as root. You will be asked to enter your password by sudo"
exec sudo mdutil -E $volume $@