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Move your entire music library from one directory to another
#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
set -x
SAVEIFS=$IFS
IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")
# set OLD_DIRECTORY and NEW_DIRECTORY
# OLD_DIRECTORY=/Users/your_username/Music
# NEW_DIRECTORY=/Volumes/your_external_drive/Music
OLD_DIRECTORY=
NEW_DIRECTORY=
for DIR in $OLD_DIRECTORY/*
do
if [ -d "$DIR" ]
then
echo "Moving $(basename "${DIR}")..."
cp -R "${DIR}" "${NEW_DIRECTORY}"
fi
done
# restore $IFS
IFS=$SAVEIFS
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