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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Moving files from parent path to multiple child path using bash in efficient way Post 302942907 by Don Cragun on Sunday 3rd of May 2015 08:18:38 PM
Old 05-03-2015
Your requirement isn't clear.
  1. Does the file hierarchy you're modifying contain symbolic links matched by the patterns /Path/AdminUser/* and /Path/AdminUser/*/*? Your textual description didn't say anything about symbolic links, but your (non-working) code explicitly ignores them. If symbolic links are found, what do want to have done with them?
  2. Are you trying to move all files in the file hierarchy rooted in /Path/AdminUser/ up one level in that hierarchy to /Path/; or are you just trying to move regular files with pathnames matching the pattern /Path/AdminUser/*/*/Reports/*.txt to the corresponding pathname after removing AdminUser/ from the source pathname?
  3. If a directory in the target pathname does not already exist, should your script report an error and move on, should it create the missing directories, or should it silently ignore that source pathname?
  4. Do you want to leave the (empty) source directories in place after files are moved out of them, or should emptied directories be removed?
  5. Is the entire file hierarchy rooted in /Path in a single filesystem?
Instead of saying "It still threw error, can we also write it in an efficient way?", show us exactly what "error(s) it produces" (in CODE tags).

What do you believe it is doing inefficiently?
 

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du(1)							      General Commands Manual							     du(1)

NAME

       du - summarize disk usage

SYNOPSIS

       type] [name]...

DESCRIPTION

       The command gives the number of 512-byte blocks allocated for all files and (recursively) directories within each directory and file speci-
       fied by the name operands.  The block count includes the indirect blocks of the file.  A file with two or more links is counted only  once.
       If name is missing, the current working directory is used.

       By default, generates an entry only for the name operands and each directory contained within those hierarchies.

       By  default,  when  a  symbolic	link is encountered on the command line or in the file hierarchy, will count the size of the symbolic link
       rather than the file referenced by the link, and will not follow the link to another portion of the file hierarchy.

   Options
       The command recognizes the following options:

	      Print entries for each file encountered
			     in the directory hierarchies in addition to the normal output.

	      For each	     name operand that is a directory for which file system swap has been enabled, print the number  of  blocks  the  swap
			     system is currently using.

	      If a symbolic link is specified on the command line,
			     will count the size of the file or file hierarchy referenced by the link.	Unlike the option, it will not follow sym-
			     bolic links encountered during the traversal of the directory hierarchy.

	      Gives the block count in 1024-byte blocks.

	      If a symbolic link is specified on the command line or
			     encountered during the traversal of a file hierarchy, will count the size of the file or file hierarchy referenced by
			     the link.

	      Print messages about directories that cannot be read,
			     files that cannot be accessed, and so on.	is normally silent about such conditions.

	      Print only the grand total of disk usage
			     for each of the specified name operands.

	      Restrict reporting to file systems of the specified
			     type.   (Example values for type are and so on.)  Multiple options can be specified.  Disk usage is normally reported
			     for the entire directory hierarchy below each of the given name operands.

	      Restrict reporting to only those files
			     that have the same device as the file specified by the name operand.  Disk usage is normally reported for the  entire
			     directory hierarchy below each of the given name operands.

       According  to  the  standards,  specifying  more  than one of the mutually-exclusive options and will not be considered an error.  The last
       option specified will determine the behavior of the utility.

EXAMPLES

       Display disk usage for the current working directory and all directories below it, generating error messages for unreadable directories:

       Display disk usage for the entire file system except for any or mounted file systems:

       Display disk usage for files on the root volume only.  No usage statistics are collected for any other mounted file systems:

WARNINGS

       Block counts are incorrect for files that contain holes.

SEE ALSO

       df(1M), bdf(1M), quot(1M), standards(5).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE

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