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xante
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 Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 6:50 pm Post subject: moving specific files to their homes |
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i have files:
saggy_-_test.ext
saggy_-_test2.ext
skimpy_-_test.ext
simple_-_test.ext
simple_-_test2.ext
simple_-_test3.ext
and directories:
saggy
skimpy
simple
I want to move the files to their coordinating homes but the trick is i have 13000 files and 1200 directories, any simple method?
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truc
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| Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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something like | Code: | #!/bin/sh
cd into/the/right/directory/first
for filename in *; do
mv -v ${filename} path/to/${filename%%_-_*}
done
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should do it
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dobysirius
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| Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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Though you will need to make all the directories first
| Code: | #!/bin/sh
cd into/the/right/directory/first
for filename in *; do
mkdir -p path/to/${filename%%_-_*}
mv -v ${filename} path/to/${filename%%_-_*}
done |
(or something similar, I'm not particularly good at shell scripting)
Edit: Oh, nevermind, looks like the dirs already exist from the way the post is worded |
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xante
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| Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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Thats correct, I was learning sed and designed this:
| Code: | | mkdir -p `ls --color=none | sed -e s/_-_.*/\//g | cut -f 1 | sort | uniq` |
Thank you for your post, ill give it a try.
Although simple sed line, it was the process of getting there that was funner  |
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xante
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| Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:07 am Post subject: |
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| I did give your script a try, it was unsuccessful, Thank you for the motivation though, I will be doing a bit of shell scripting myself here to get familar with it, when I do right one up, I shall post here. |
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