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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Move multipe files to corresponding directories Post 302966632 by spirospap on Monday 15th of February 2016 02:12:17 AM
Old 02-15-2016
Yes, this works perfectly also but originally the empty directories are not there. I create them using code below

Code:
 #create filename list text
$ls -1 directory/filter* > names.txt
#get first 21 characters of the name only and remove duplicates
#create unique-clean filename list text
$cut -c-21 names.txt | grep -v filter|uniq > namesUC.txt
#make directories 
$cat namesUC.txt | xargs mkdir

Is there a way to have the tester include the creation of the directories with the corresponding name as in the example?

Thanks
Last edited by Don Cragun; 02-15-2016 at 02:41 PM.. Reason: Change ICODE tags to CODE tags.
 

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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS

gnomevfs-mkdir

gnomevfs-mkdir(1)						   User Commands						 gnomevfs-mkdir(1)

NAME

       gnomevfs-mkdir - make a new directory at a VFS location

SYNOPSIS

       gnomevfs-mkdir -p URI

DESCRIPTION

       gnomevfs-mkdir is obsolete.  It has been superseded by gvfs-mkdir.  See gvfs-mkdir(1).

       gnomevfs-mkdir makes a new directory at a URI location that supports the creation of new directories.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -p	       Create parents of the directory if needed

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       URI	       Specifies the location of the new directory in standard URI format.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Making a New Directory in the Home Directory

       example% gnomevfs-mkdir file:///home/user/newdir

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS

       The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnomevfs-mkdir	       Executable to make a new directory at a VFS location

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-vfs		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Obsolete Volatile 	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gnomevfs-cat(1), gnomevfs-copy(1), gnomevfs-info(1), gnomevfs-ls(1), gvfs-mkdir(1), attributes(5), environ(5)

NOTES

       Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.

SunOS 5.11							    14 May 2008 						 gnomevfs-mkdir(1)
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