scripts from laptop for copying and syncing pictures from camera and a script for killing a process at a specific time

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diff --git a/timeKill.sh b/timeKill.sh
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+#/bin/bash
+
+ende() {
+   printf "\b \b"
+   echo "$0 cancelled"
+   # show input again
+   stty echo
+   exit 10
+}
+
+trap ende 2
+
+usage() {
+   echo "usage: $0 (processname|pid) time(hh:mm)"
+   exit 1
+}
+
+output() {
+   if [ $# -eq 1 ]
+   then
+      printf "$1"
+      sleep 3
+      printf "\b \b"
+   fi
+}
+
+rotate() {
+   rotate_help
+   rotate_help
+}
+
+rotate_help() {
+   output "|"
+   output "/"
+   output "-"
+   output "\\"
+}
+
+# exit if not 2 arguments are given
+if [ $# -ne 2 ]
+then
+   usage
+fi
+
+process="$1"
+time="$2"
+actTime="$(date +%H:%M)"
+# exit if given time is not correct
+if [ "$(echo "$time" | sed 's/[01][0123456789]:[012345][0123456789]\|[2][0123]:[012345][0123456789]//g')" != "" ]
+then
+   usage
+fi
+
+# select if PID or processname is given
+#  hopefully no process is named only with numbers
+if [ "$(echo "$process" | sed s/[0123456789]//g)" = "" ]
+then
+   isPID="true"
+else
+   isPID="false"
+fi
+
+# exit if processname or PID is not single-valued
+if [ $(ps -A | grep $process | wc -l) -ne 1 ]
+then
+   echo "no process found or too many found! ($process)"
+   exit 2
+fi
+
+# convert processname to PID if neccessary
+if [ "$isPID" = "false" ]
+then
+   process="$(ps -A | grep $process | awk '{print $1}')"
+fi
+
+# turn of showing input
+stty -echo
+
+# endless loop ;-)
+while [ 1 ]
+do
+   # exit if process already stopped
+   if [ $(ps -A | awk '{print $1}' | grep $process | wc -l) -ne 1 ]
+   then
+      echo
+      echo "process already stopped"
+      stty echo
+      exit 0
+   fi
+
+   # if time has reached, then kill process and exit
+   if [ "$actTime" = "$time" ]
+   then
+      kill "$process"
+      echo
+      echo "process killed succesfully"
+      stty echo
+      exit 0
+   # output to see that the script works
+   # checks every 48 sec
+   else
+      rotate
+      rotate
+   fi
+   actTime=$(date +%H:%M)
+done