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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting New Directories from Files Post 60747 by Ygor on Friday 21st of January 2005 02:43:47 AM
Old 01-21-2005
This is bash but might work in ksh too.
Code:
#!/usr/bin/bash
cd "../My Music" #---or wherever
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.mp3' -print | while read File
do
   Dest="${File%% -*}" #---remove everything after the first " -"
   echo "File:[${File}]" "Dest:[${Dest}]"  #----just a debug message
   if [[ ${File} = ${Dest} ]]
   then
      echo "File not moved. File name does not contain \" -\""
   else
      if [[ ! -d ${Dest} ]] #---check for non-existence of destination directory
      then
         mkdir "${Dest}" && echo "Created new directory: \"${Dest}\""
      fi
      mv "${File}" "${Dest}/" && echo "File moved"
   fi
   echo
done

Tested...
Code:
File:[./dummy.mp3] Dest:[./dummy.mp3]
File not moved. File name does not contain " -"

File:[./Pete Murray - Feeler - 06 - Please.mp3] Dest:[./Pete Murray]
Created new directory: "./Pete Murray"
File moved

File:[./Pete Murray - Feeler - 08 - My Time.mp3] Dest:[./Pete Murray]
File moved

File:[./Pete Murray - Feeler - 10 - No More.mp3] Dest:[./Pete Murray]
File moved


Last edited by Ygor; 01-21-2005 at 03:55 AM..
 

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music123(1)						      General Commands Manual						       music123(1)

NAME
music123 - plays various sound files (usually including MP3, Ogg and Wav). SYNOPSIS
music123 [ -hqrvz ] file ... DESCRIPTION
music123 is a shell around various command line programs to play music files. It will descend directories trees with -r, and randomize file lists with -z. The programs used and the options given them are listed in /etc/music123rc or ~/.music123rc. OPTIONS
-h Show command help and exit; -q Quiet mode. No messages are displayed. -r Recurse into directories, instead of ignoring them. -v Display version information and exit. -z Play files in random order. -Z Play the files randomly and endlessly. -l Loop. -z -l differs from -Z in that -z -l will randomize, play through the song list (without repetition) in random order once, and repeat the songs in that order over and over; -Z will randomly play the songs, without any order, and will possibly play a song right after itself. -i Ignore extension case. -L List files and exit. -T Start a task that handle commands, only one command supported : quit, using q or Q will quit the application at the end of the cur- rent song. -D Set music123 not to delay between songs. (May make music123 harder to kill). -d Customize the time music123 delays between songs. -d takes one argument, expressed in seconds, which may have a fractional part. -@ Play the files listed in the mandatory argument of -@. Other files can be added on the command line, and this option can be given several times. Note that music123 doesn't yet play URLs. -- End option list. EXAMPLES
Play three songs: music123 test1.ogg test2.mp3 test3.wav Play a couple of directories and other songs at random: music123 -z -r Rock/ test1.ogg Pop/ test4.wav FILES
/etc/music123rc Describes which programs music123 uses, which files types it supports, and which options it passes those programs. ~/.music123rc Per-user config file to override the system wide settings. AUTHORS
Authors: David Starner <dvdeug@debian.org> July 24, 2002 music123(1)
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