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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Move multipe files to corresponding directories Post 302966617 by Don Cragun on Sunday 14th of February 2016 03:40:52 PM
Old 02-14-2016
If you don't want to go to the bother of creating namesUC.txt you could also let the script process all regular files in the directory with names that start with the same name as a directory in that same directory. For example, with a starting file hierarchy like:
Code:
total 40
123274998  0 drwxr-xr-x   13 dwc  staff    442 Feb 14 12:05 .
   545528  0 drwxr-xr-x  336 dwc  staff  11424 Feb 13 19:00 ..
125085846 24 -rw-r--r--    1 dwc  staff  12288 Feb 14 12:04 .tester.swp
125085778  0 drwxr-xr-x    2 dwc  staff     68 Feb 14 12:05 d1
125085791  0 -rw-r--r--    1 dwc  staff      0 Feb 14 11:58 d1.txt
125085792  0 -rw-r--r--    1 dwc  staff      0 Feb 14 11:58 d1.yyy
125085790  0 -rw-r--r--    1 dwc  staff      0 Feb 14 11:58 d1T
125085779  0 drwxr-xr-x    2 dwc  staff     68 Feb 14 12:05 d2
125085793  0 -rw-r--r--    1 dwc  staff      0 Feb 14 11:58 d2_Z
125085794  0 -rw-r--r--    1 dwc  staff      0 Feb 14 11:58 d2a
125085795  0 -rw-r--r--    1 dwc  staff      0 Feb 14 11:58 dt.YYY
125085841  8 -rw-r--r--    1 dwc  staff   1576 Feb 14 12:02 problem
125085871  8 -rwxr-xr-x    1 dwc  staff    126 Feb 14 12:04 tester

./d1:
total 0
125085778 0 drwxr-xr-x   2 dwc  staff   68 Feb 14 12:05 .
123274998 0 drwxr-xr-x  13 dwc  staff  442 Feb 14 12:05 ..

./d2:
total 0
125085779 0 drwxr-xr-x   2 dwc  staff   68 Feb 14 12:05 .
123274998 0 drwxr-xr-x  13 dwc  staff  442 Feb 14 12:05 ..

and the script tester containing:
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
for dir in */
do	for file in "${dir%/}"?*
	do	[ -f "$file" ] && mv -v "$file" "$dir"
	done
done

the command:
Code:
./tester

produces the output:
Code:
d1.txt -> d1/d1.txt
d1.yyy -> d1/d1.yyy
d1T -> d1/d1T
d2_Z -> d2/d2_Z
d2a -> d2/d2a

leaving the file hierarchy afterwards:
Code:
total 16
123274998 0 drwxr-xr-x    7 dwc  staff    238 Feb 14 12:13 .
   545528 0 drwxr-xr-x  336 dwc  staff  11424 Feb 13 19:00 ..
125085778 0 drwxr-xr-x    5 dwc  staff    170 Feb 14 12:13 d1
125085779 0 drwxr-xr-x    4 dwc  staff    136 Feb 14 12:13 d2
125085795 0 -rw-r--r--    1 dwc  staff      0 Feb 14 11:58 dt.YYY
125085841 8 -rw-r--r--    1 dwc  staff   1576 Feb 14 12:02 problem
125085871 8 -rwxr-xr-x    1 dwc  staff    126 Feb 14 12:04 tester

./d1:
total 0
125085778 0 drwxr-xr-x  5 dwc  staff  170 Feb 14 12:13 .
123274998 0 drwxr-xr-x  7 dwc  staff  238 Feb 14 12:13 ..
125085791 0 -rw-r--r--  1 dwc  staff    0 Feb 14 11:58 d1.txt
125085792 0 -rw-r--r--  1 dwc  staff    0 Feb 14 11:58 d1.yyy
125085790 0 -rw-r--r--  1 dwc  staff    0 Feb 14 11:58 d1T

./d2:
total 0
125085779 0 drwxr-xr-x  4 dwc  staff  136 Feb 14 12:13 .
123274998 0 drwxr-xr-x  7 dwc  staff  238 Feb 14 12:13 ..
125085793 0 -rw-r--r--  1 dwc  staff    0 Feb 14 11:58 d2_Z
125085794 0 -rw-r--r--  1 doc  staff    0 Feb 14 11:58 d2a

Although this was written and tested using a 1993 version of the Korn shell, it will work with any POSIX-conforming shell.

Note that if you rerun the above script before adding more regular files to be moved into the various subdirectories, it produces no output and returns a zero exit status. If you rerun RudiC's script under the same circumstances, you'll get an error processing each directory that has no new files to be moved similar to:
Code:
mv: rename d1?* to d1/d1?*: No such file or directory
mv: rename d2?* to d2/d2?*: No such file or directory

assuming namesUC.txt
contained:
Code:
d1
d2

Neither of our scripts reliably return a non-zero exit status if one or more regular files couldn't be moved and another file was moved. Both could be extended to do so if just getting diagnostic messages from mv for failed moves is insufficient for your needs.
Last edited by Don Cragun; 02-23-2016 at 05:43 AM..
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