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    • papinistP
      papinist
      last edited by

      got this error:

      -bash: ./clearlastplayed.sh: /bin/sh^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

      I placed the clearlastplayed.sh file in roms directory, if this is relevant.

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator @papinist
        last edited by

        @papinist That's because of the DOS newline in the file. Run the following command on over the command line, from the same folder where you have the script

        sed -i 's/\r//' clearlastplayed.sh 
        

        then try running the command again.

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        • papinistP
          papinist
          last edited by papinist

          It worked like a charm! Thank you @mitu for the help :)

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            mitu Global Moderator @papinist
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            @papinist @tanstaafl is the real help here. I'm just browsing.

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              ganondork
              last edited by ganondork

              Hey thanks for the script, really appreciate it. I added some stuff, that I‘d also liked to flush for a clean start, Wifi-credentials for example. And I also added a chmod 777 for the gamelist folder afterwards, because the rebuild xmls lacked writing permission.

              Still i couldn‘t accomplish to also remove my favorites by adding „-e favorites“ to the grep line. All xmls that had favorites get screwed up, I can‘t see any metadata for the systems games afterwards.

              I‘m on my way to work now, so I can‘t provide you with any more information. But perhaps someone has already dealt with this issue?

              I‘d also like to remove all registered bluetooth devices with this script. To have just my roms and gamelists left to carry over to another setup. But I couldn‘t find a config file to edit or remove. Ideas?

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              • RiverstormR
                Riverstorm
                last edited by

                Thanks for the script. I would add a +1 as a feature. After setup and testing I have the first game in each emulator in my list which would be nice to flush before imaging.

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                  kactius
                  last edited by

                  Very thanks.
                  I contribute with a grain of sand, in Spanish, but it is easy to edit, it is a menu with dialog to clean lastplayed and playcount, 3 options:
                  1 "home/pi/RetroPie/roms"
                  2 "opt/retropie/configs"
                  3 "both 1 and 2"
                  4 "Exit" 2>"${INPUT}"
                  The code, copy paste and give execution permission:
                  https://pastebin.com/tGPMehXr

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                    davidgrohl Banned
                    last edited by davidgrohl

                    Hi all,
                    I've tried this usefull script but it doesn't work for me.
                    I put it in /home/pi/Retropie/roms folder. Make it executable. Than launch it typing ./name_of_The_script.sh and it says:

                    file: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms//gamelist.xml'
                    ./clear_played.sh: 7: ./clear_played.sh: cannot create /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/
                    /gamelist.xml.tmp : Directory nonexistent
                    mv: cannont stat '/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/**/gamelist.xml.tmp' : No such file or directory

                    What's the mistake?

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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator @davidgrohl
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                      @davidgrohl The script fragment expects the gamelist.xml located in the ROMs folders, but by default they're in /home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/<system_name>. Try the script posted by @kactius, it allows you to select one of the 2 locations for the gamelist.xml files.

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                        davidgrohl Banned @mitu
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                        @mitu said in Clearing the lastplayed and playcount from gamelist.xml's:

                        @davidgrohl The script fragment expects the gamelist.xml located in the ROMs folders, but by default they're in /home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/<system_name>. Try the script posted by @kactius, it allows you to select one of the 2 locations for the gamelist.xml files.

                        Thanks @mitu for reply. That scripts works with option 2.
                        Great! Thanks a lot.

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                          Invisible89 @mitu
                          last edited by Invisible89

                          @mitu said in Clearing the lastplayed and playcount from gamelist.xml's:

                          @davidgrohl The script fragment expects the gamelist.xml located in the ROMs folders, but by default they're in /home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/<system_name>. Try the script posted by @kactius, it allows you to select one of the 2 locations for the gamelist.xml files.

                          Hi guys.

                          I'm trying to clear my last played games list, but it doesn't work :(

                          I've created cleanlastplayed.sh file with this code:

                          #!/bin/sh
                          #clear_played.sh

                          for f in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/**/gamelist.xml
                          do
                          echo "file: $f"
                          grep -e lastplayed -e playcount -v $f > "$f.tmp"
                          mv -f "$f.tmp" $f
                          done

                          It's ok? Or I've to modify it with the name of the system name (**)?

                          And where should I put this file? What directory?

                          Thanks

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                          • mituM
                            mitu Global Moderator
                            last edited by

                            You should use a single wildcard (*) instead of the system name, but the script will only find the gamelist.xml files from the ROM folders, you might have some gamelist files in ~/.emulationstation/gamelists/<system> folders.

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                              Invisible89 @mitu
                              last edited by

                              @mitu said in Clearing the lastplayed and playcount from gamelist.xml's:

                              You should use a single wildcard (*) instead of the system name, but the script will only find the gamelist.xml files from the ROM folders, you might have some gamelist files in ~/.emulationstation/gamelists/<system> folders.

                              Ok, i will try with only one windcard.

                              But where i've to put my cleanlastplayed.sh file?

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                              • mituM
                                mitu Global Moderator @Invisible89
                                last edited by

                                @Invisible89 said in Clearing the lastplayed and playcount from gamelist.xml's:

                                But where i've to put my cleanlastplayed.sh file?

                                It doesn't matter, as long as you execute it correctly. Let's say you save it in /home/pi/RetroPie/scripts.

                                #make the folder
                                mkdir -p $HOME/RetroPie/scripts
                                
                                # create the file in $HOME/RetroPie/scripts/lastplayed.sh
                                
                                # run the script
                                bash $HOME/$HOME/RetroPie/scripts/lastplayed.sh
                                
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                                  Invisible89 @mitu
                                  last edited by

                                  @Invisible89 said in Clearing the lastplayed and playcount from gamelist.xml's:

                                  @mitu said in Clearing the lastplayed and playcount from gamelist.xml's:

                                  You should use a single wildcard (*) instead of the system name, but the script will only find the gamelist.xml files from the ROM folders, you might have some gamelist files in ~/.emulationstation/gamelists/<system> folders.

                                  Ok, i will try with only one windcard.

                                  But where i've to put my cleanlastplayed.sh file?

                                  Ok, i understand.

                                  Thanks

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                                    Invisible89 @mitu
                                    last edited by

                                    @mitu said in Clearing the lastplayed and playcount from gamelist.xml's:

                                    @Invisible89 said in Clearing the lastplayed and playcount from gamelist.xml's:

                                    But where i've to put my cleanlastplayed.sh file?

                                    It doesn't matter, as long as you execute it correctly. Let's say you save it in /home/pi/RetroPie/scripts.

                                    #make the folder
                                    mkdir -p $HOME/RetroPie/scripts
                                    
                                    # create the file in $HOME/RetroPie/scripts/lastplayed.sh
                                    
                                    # run the script
                                    bash $HOME/$HOME/RetroPie/scripts/lastplayed.sh
                                    

                                    Ok, now I've this when I try to run the script:

                                    pi@retropie:~/RetroPie/scripts $ ./delete_pla_last.sh
                                    -bash: ./delete_pla_last.sh: Permission denied

                                    What I've to do to take a permission?

                                    Thanks

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                                    • mituM
                                      mitu Global Moderator @Invisible89
                                      last edited by

                                      @Invisible89 said in Clearing the lastplayed and playcount from gamelist.xml's:

                                      What I've to do to take a permission?

                                      It's because you've not made the script executable - that's why in my example command I've run it through bash. Just run

                                      chmod +x delete_pla_last.sh
                                      

                                      and re-run the script.

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                                        Invisible89 @mitu
                                        last edited by

                                        @mitu said in Clearing the lastplayed and playcount from gamelist.xml's:

                                        @Invisible89 said in Clearing the lastplayed and playcount from gamelist.xml's:

                                        What I've to do to take a permission?

                                        It's because you've not made the script executable - that's why in my example command I've run it through bash. Just run

                                        chmod +x delete_pla_last.sh
                                        

                                        and re-run the script.

                                        Finally! ;)

                                        Done, thank you man!

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                                          RetrOkada
                                          last edited by

                                          Hello, thanks for this script.

                                          Unfortunately, when I attempt to run it, I receive the following message:
                                          "
                                          Clearlastplayed.sh, : 3:, clearlastplayed.sh, : syntax error: redirection unexpected
                                          "

                                          Anyone know what this means?

                                          Cheers.

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                                            RetrOkada @RetrOkada
                                            last edited by

                                            @RetrOkada Okay, so all sorted now. To run the script, I was entering sh "clearlastplayed.sh". I tried ./clearlastplayed.sh instead, and it worked perfectly.

                                            I also removed the DOS line breaks from the script, so circumvented the "Bad Interpreter" issue.

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