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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Find files of type within folder copy multiple results to different folders Post 302491615 by rdcwayx on Thursday 27th of January 2011 10:22:39 PM
Old 01-27-2011
Code:
function makeBackup ()
{
    loc="$1"
    [ $# -ne 1 ] && echo "Please enter one location to backup" && return 1
    [ -d "$loc" ] || echo "Location must be a directory" || return 2
    mkdir -p $loc/Debs $loc/TextFiles $loc/Rar

    find $loc -type f \( -name "*.deb" -o -name "*.txt" -o -name "*.rar" \) |while read file
    do
         case ${file##*.} in
             'deb') subfolder="Debs" ;;
             'txt') subfolder="TextFiles" ;;
             'rar') subfolder="Rar" ;;
         esac
         cp $file $loc/$subfolder
    done
}

Last edited by rdcwayx; 01-27-2011 at 11:32 PM..
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isalpha_l

ISALNUM_L(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 					      ISALNUM_L(3)

NAME

     isalnum_l, isalpha_l, isblank_l, iscntrl_l, isdigit_l, isgraph_l, ishexnumber_l, isideogram_l, islower_l, isnumber_l, isphonogram_l,
     isprint_l, ispunct_l, isrune_l, isspace_l, isspecial_l, isupper_l, isxdigit_l -- character classification utilities

LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <wctype.h>
     #include <xlocale.h>

     int
     isalnum_l(int c, locale_t loc);

     int
     isalpha_l(int c, locale_t loc);

     int
     isblank_l(int c, locale_t loc);

     int
     iscntrl_l(int c, locale_t loc);

     int
     isdigit_l(int c, locale_t loc);

     int
     isgraph_l(int c, locale_t loc);

     int
     ishexnumber_l(int c, locale_t loc);

     int
     isideogram_l(int c, locale_t loc);

     int
     islower_l(int c, locale_t loc);

     int
     isnumber_l(int c, locale_t loc);

     int
     isphonogram_l(int c, locale_t loc);

     int
     isprint_l(int c, locale_t loc);

     int
     ispunct_l(int c, locale_t loc);

     int
     isrune_l(int c, locale_t loc);

     int
     isspace_l(int c, locale_t loc);

     int
     isspecial_l(int c, locale_t loc);

     int
     isupper_l(int c, locale_t loc);

     int
     isxdigit_l(int c, locale_t loc);

DESCRIPTION

     These functions are extended locale versions of the corresponding functions, with the _l removed.	Also, see xlocale(3) for more information
     about extended locales.

SEE ALSO

     isalnum(3), isalpha(3), isblank(3), iscntrl(3), isdigit(3), isgraph(3), ishexnumber(3), isideogram(3), islower(3), isnumber(3),
     isphonogram(3), isprint(3), ispunct(3), isrune(3), isspace(3), isspecial(3), isupper(3), isxdigit(3), xlocale(3)

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