Shell Programming and Scripting

#!/usr/bin/ksh

ls *mp3 > songsList

exec  < songsList

while read line
do

   singer=`echo $line | cut -d"-" -f 1 | sed "s/.$//"`

   mkdir $singer  2>/dev/null

   cp "$line" "$singer/$line"


done

#!/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

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