thought i would post the solve to this problem, i don't know if its been addressed somewhere but if it was, I could never find anything on any forum online about what this was or what was happening, then i solved it myself troubleshooting, so i figured i would post my solve, in case anyone was having the same problem.
sort: open failed: +2: No such file or directory (2) Galerie will give you this error message when you drag a folder or a whole bunch of files into gallery. I was clueless as to why this was happening.
Answer: one or many of the files you are trying to add have a filename that contains spaces. remove the spaces and your images will load into Galerie.
easy fix, unless...
You are like me and use a program like capture 1 pro teatherd to your camera and it creates EVERY file from a shoot with a name like "date time projectname filenumber.jpg" you have 4OO+ files with spaces in the files name, and you cannot batch rename because you will lose continuity in filenaming.
i found a wonderful script {for mac os} that can convert every file in one directory simultaneously from containing spaces, to not. this is ideal for not renaming everything manually {wich blows} and also maintaining synchronicity with your file names read below:
1}open terminal 2}CD to desired directory 3}copy this script and paste in to terminal:
#! /bin/sh
for n in * do OldName=$n NewName=`echo $n | tr -d " "` #NewName=`echo $n | tr -s " " "_"` echo $NewName mv "$OldName" "$NewName" done
4}and voiola! your done!
then drag and drop into Galerie.
i hope this is helpful to someone! i was banging my head against a wall for like 4 months about this.
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