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11-12-2016

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Thank you for the note Don.

In relation to your questions.

What operating system are you using? - OSX Yosemite 10.10.5

What is the name of your script? - My script name is scripts.txt that resides within scripts folder on my desktop

What exact command line do you type into your shell to run your script? - To execute my script don, I use ./scripts.txt

What output do you get when run your script? - I get no output, the destination folder does not populate with the jpg files.

What output do your get when you run the commands:

In terms of console/ terminal output.

Code:

ChristophersMBP:scripts christopherdorman$ ./scripts.txt
“Good Morning, Please enter your file type name for sorting [ENTER]:”
jpg
usage: mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source target
       mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source ... directory
ChristophersMBP:scripts christopherdorman$

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Thank you very much. That worked wonderfully and I was almost going demented having asked the question on SO a few times without success.

May I asked, your successful code cited extention, is that the best way for the terminal to read the input for a script to run.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aia

Perhaps, the following might be a guide:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

echo "Good Morning, Please enter your file type name for sorting [ENTER]:"
read extention
mv  -v /Users/christopherdorman/desktop/unsorted/*.${extention} /Users/christopherdorman/desktop/sorted/
if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
    echo "Good News, Your files have been successfully processed"
fi

---------- Post updated at 06:06 PM ---------- Previous update was at 06:04 PM ----------

Thank you very much Aia. That worked wonderfully and I was almost going demented having asked the question on SO a few times without success.

May I asked, your successful code cited extention, is that the best way for the terminal to read the input for a script to run.

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itruns(8)						      System Manager's Manual							 itruns(8)

NAME

       itruns - set up files for use by the it command

SYNOPSIS

       /sbin/itruns file [file...] in run-state [, file [file...] in run-state] [,...]

DESCRIPTION

       The  itruns  program  sets  up scripts to be run by it(8).  (These programs are typically used within system configuration and installation
       scripts.)  The itruns command searches for /sbin/it.d/bin/file. If itruns finds the file, it  creates  one  or  more  symbolic  links  from
       /sbin/it.d/run-state.d/file to /sbin/it.d/bin/file.

       The  run-state  argument can be a single run state, or it can be two run states separated by either the word or or the word and. If two run
       states are specified with the or keyword, itruns checks for (and creates, if necessary) a directory whose name combines both run states and
       places  a link in that directory so that the file will be executed when the it program detects either state.  You can collapse two or-sepa-
       rated states into a single expression; for example, 2 or 3 can be expressed as 23. If the and keyword is used, itruns checks for (and  cre-
       ates, if necessary) two separate directories and places a link in each of them so that either state triggers execution of the file indepen-
       dently of the other state.

       If two or more files are specified for a single run-state argument, links are created for all of the files as indicated	by  the  run-state
       argument.

       If  two or more combinations of files and run states are specified as comma-separated expressions, itruns treats each combination individu-
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RESTRICTIONS

       The itruns command must be executed from the root directory (/). The command finds only files that are located in the /sbin/it.d/bin direc-
       tory.

EXAMPLES

       This  example  sets  up	the doconfig script to be run when the system is booted to run state 2: itruns doconfig in 2 Either of the command
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       doconfig  getdate  in  2 or 3 itruns doconfig getdate in 23 This example sets up the doconfig script to be run when the system is booted to
       run state 2 and again when the system comes to run state 3, the getdate script to be run only in run state 2, and the getsysname script	to
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