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Move files to (new) directory based on file name
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| START=$1 | |
| END=$2 | |
| for file in *; do dir=$(echo $file | cut -c $START-$END); mkdir -p $dir; mv "$file" "$dir"; done |
To do this for multiple directories, the command could look like this:
for dir in dir1 dir2 dir3; do cd $dir && ../scripts/move-files-to-new-directory-based-on-file-name.sh 27 43 && cd .. ; done
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cdinto the directory with your files and execute/path/to/move-files-to-new-directory-based-on-file-name.sh <start> <end><start>and<end>are the positions of the first and last character of the directory name as it is used in the file name. To use the character sequence from the 27th to the 43rd character in the file name as the new directory name, execute/path/to/move-files-to-new-directory-based-on-file-name.sh 27 43