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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 |
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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