07-24-2008
Bash and Awk for creating directories and moving files
I have a security system that FTPs the camera files to my machine, however I want to sort the pictures (taken every 30s) into directories by hour.
Every picture uses the following file format.
yymmddhhmmsstt.jpg (where tt is the milliseconds)
I am thinking the for loop is best
for file in *.jpg
do
?here?
done
I know its very vague, however the end result is I am guessing use awk (or better?) to create variables from the yy mm dd hh parts of the filenames, then creating directories based on those variables nested with a check to see if the directory exists, creating the directory if it doesnt.
i.e. (the way I imagine it working, I dont know how to actually construct the script to do this)
for file in 08072400123200.jpg
do
%y=08
%m=07
%d=24
%h=00
if not exist directory %y - mkdir %y
if not exist directory %y/%m - mkdir %y/%m
if not exist directory %y/%m/%d - mkdir %y/%m/%d
if not exist directory %y/%m/%d/%h - mkdir %y/%m/%d/%h
mv %y%m%d%h*.jpg %y/%m/%d/%h
done
Moving all the pictures taken within that hour into the respective subdirectories.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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gnomevfs-mkdir
gnomevfs-mkdir(1) User Commands gnomevfs-mkdir(1)
NAME
gnomevfs-mkdir - make a new directory at a VFS location
SYNOPSIS
gnomevfs-mkdir URI
DESCRIPTION
gnomevfs-mkdir makes a new directory at a URI location that supports the creation of new directories.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
URI Specifies the location of the new directory in standard URI format.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Making a New Directory in the Home Directory
example% gnomevfs-mkdir file:///home/user/newdir
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH.
EXIT STATUS
The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure.
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gnomevfs-mkdir Executable to make a new directory at a VFS location
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-vfs |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |External |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
gnomevfs-cat(1), gnomevfs-copy(1), gnomevfs-info(1), gnomevfs-ls(1)
NOTES
Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.
SunOS 5.10 6 Sep 2004 gnomevfs-mkdir(1)