The system I'm using is a Qnap nas so i'm not exactly sure of the exact os. I can also perform any command needed from an Ubuntu 10.10 server which has the folders mounted

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Hi thanks for the help. When i try this in Ubuntu server 10.10:

Code:

 
cd b/
find ./ -type f -name "*.mp3" | while read a
 do 
b=${a#??}
mkdir -p ./mp3/${b%/*}
mv "$a" ./mp3/"$b" && rm "$a"
done

i get a "mv: unable to rename no such file or directory" error for each file piped from find. Also after i run the above the directory i was working in has new empty folders for each word in any of the original directories titles. e.g if i had a folder

Code:

b/An Album By An Artist

i end up with the following folders

Code:

b/An/
b/Albun/
b/By/
b/An/
b/Artist/
b/An Album By An Artist
b/mp3/

Maybe this is because there is spaces in the directory names?