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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) Moving Files Automatically Post 302640415 by glev2005 on Monday 14th of May 2012 05:53:35 PM
Old 05-14-2012
Kind of a simple approach, assumes you know how to save a bash shell script and make it executable, and to run it.
Code:
#!/bin/bash
for i in ~/Downloads/*.avi
do
mv "$i" ~/Movies
done

for i in ~/Downloads/*.mp4
do
mv "$i" ~/Movies
done

for i in ~/Downloads/*.mp3
do
mv "$i" ~/Music
done

---------- Post updated at 05:53 PM ---------- Previous update was at 05:51 PM ----------

Basically, save the code to a text file on your desktop named Whatever.sh

Open Terminal and do: chmod +x ~/Desktop/Whatever.sh

To run it in Terminal: sh ~/Desktop/Whatever.sh
 

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