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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Need Help - match file name and copy to Directory Post 302537513 by mtschroeder on Friday 8th of July 2011 11:53:31 AM
Old 07-08-2011
Need Help - match file name and copy to Directory
I am trying to sort the following files from folder Bag to Apple, Cat Food, Dog Food. I can get all of the files I want into a new folder, but not sure of the best approch to get them to their final directory

My Files
==========
Code:
apple.1234.ext
apple.1235.ext
cat food 101.ext
Cat Food 102.ext
Dog Food - 101 -Chicken.ext
Dog Food - 102 - Beef.ext
stuff.junk
junk.junk
paper.junk

My Folders
===========
Code:
Apple - Get All Files starting with apple here
Cat Food - get all cat food here
Dog Food - get all dog food here 
Bag - all My Files are here
Table - all the .ext here

I can
Code:
find ~/Bag -name "*.ext"  -exec cp {} ~/Table \;

just fine but I have no clue as to best way to sort from ~/Table to each of the folders

Trying to get this done but have been banging my head about it, Please help or point me in the right direction please
Last edited by radoulov; 07-08-2011 at 12:54 PM.. Reason: Additional code tags.
 

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Name
       rmf - remove folder

Syntax
       rmf [ +folder ] [ -help ] [ -[no]interactive ]

Description
       The  command  removes all of the messages within the current folder, and then removes the folder itself.  If there are any files within the
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       current folder, asks you whether you want to delete instead.

       If the current folder is removed, it makes current.

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       provides an easy mechanism for selecting a set of messages, operating on the list, then removing the list  and  returning  to  the  current
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