Organize movie's folder.

movie-organizer.sh

#!/bin/bash
# 
# Script for organize movies.
# Put all movies in one folders using this format for the movi folder
# /<YYYY> - <MOVIE NAME>/
# 
# Ex:
# 
# /All movies/1999 - Matrix
# /All movies/2003 - Matrix Reloaded
#
# Author : Enderson Maia <endersonmaia _AT- gmail -DOT_ com>
# 
# TODO - use sed istead of cut

# Configureation
PWD=$(pwd)
ALL_PATH="All movies"
BY_YEAR_PATH="By year"
BY_LETTER_PATH="By letter"

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# BEGIN

YEARS=$(ls -1 $ALL_PATH | grep '^[0-9]' | cut -d- -f1 | sort -u)
LETTERS=$(ls -1 $ALL_PATH | grep '^[0-9]' | cut -d- -f2 | sed 's/\ *//g' | cut -c1 | sort -u | tr a-z A-Z)

rm -rf "$BY_YEAR_PATH"/

for year in $YEARS; do
  mkdir -p "$BY_YEAR_PATH/$year"
  while read movie; do
    movie_name=$(echo $movie | cut -d- -f2 | sed 's/^ *\(.*\)/\1/g' )
    ln -s \
      "$PWD/$ALL_PATH/$movie" \
     "$BY_YEAR_PATH/$year/$movie_name"
  done < <(ls -1 $ALL_PATH | grep "^$year - .*")
  
done

rm -rf "$BY_LETTER_PATH"/

for L in $LETTERS; do
  mkdir -p "$BY_LETTER_PATH/$L"
  l=$(echo $L | tr A-Z a-z) # lower-case

  # movies starting with $L
  while read movie; do
    movie_name=$(echo $movie | cut -d- -f2 | sed 's/^ *\(.*\)/\1/g' )
    ln -s \
      "$PWD/$ALL_PATH/$movie" \
      "$BY_LETTER_PATH/$L/$movie_name"
  done < <(ls -1 $ALL_PATH/ | grep "^[0-9]* - [$l$L]")
done

# END
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