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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Bash to create sub directories from specific file extension Post 303032556 by cmccabe on Wednesday 20th of March 2019 10:47:47 AM
Old 03-20-2019
I modified the find and added a loop to mkdir and got the expected results. Just wanted to share in case it helps anyone else in the future. Thank you Smilie.

Code:
DIR=/home/cmccabe/Desktop/sub   ## define data directory path
for RDIR in "$DIR"/R_2019* ; do  ## start processing matching "R_2019*" to operate on desired directory and expand
 cd "$RDIR"/BAM   ## change directory to subfolder inside $RDIR
i=$(find . -type f -name "*.bam" -print | while read f;do echo "$f" | cut -d_ -f2-;done| cut -f 1 -d '.')  # extract .bam
for x in $i
        do mkdir -p $RDIR/$x
        done
done  ## close loop

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createhomedir(1)					    BSD General Commands Manual 					  createhomedir(1)

NAME
createhomedir -- create and populate home directories on the local computer. SYNOPSIS
createhomedir [-scbalh] [-n directoryDomainName] [-u username] DESCRIPTION
createhomedir provides several options for creating and populating home directories. OPTIONS
-s creates home directories for server home paths only (default). -c creates home directories for local home paths only. -b creates home directories for both server and local home paths. -a creates home directories for users defined in all directory domains of the server's search path. -l creates home directories for users defined in the local directory domain. -n directoryDomainName creates home directories for users defined in a specific directory domain in the server's search path. -u username creates a home directory for a specific user defined in the domain(s) identified in the -a, -l, or -n parameter. If you omit the -a, -l, and -n parameters when you use the -u parameter, -a is assumed. -i reads username list from standard input and creates specified home directories. Each username should be on its own line. -h usage help. FILES
/usr/sbin/createhomedir location of tool CAVEATS
When using the -a option, search limits of various directory servers (such as Open Directory or Active Directory) can prevent all possible home directories from being created. In this case, you may need to specify the usernames explicitly. Mac OS X June 1, 2019 Mac OS X
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