Shell Programming and Scripting

for file in `ls -1`; do
    cp $file $dir
    ....have copied 10 files to a directory? change $dir to another directory.
    .....
done

#!bin/ksh
typeset -Z5 i=1
L=1
for file in `ls -1 $source_dir`
do
   if [ ! -d ${target}${i} ]             # If target directory does not exist
   then
      mkdir ${target}${i}                # Create target directory
   fi
   cp -p $file ${target}${i}             # Copy file including timestamp and permissions
   ((L=$L+1))                            # Increment loop counter
   if [ $L -ge 10 ]                      # If we have processed 10 files, .....
   then
      ((i=$i+1))                         # increment target directory
      ((L=1))                            # Set loop count back
   fi
done

#!bin/ksh

((limit_tiny=1024*64))                                         # 64Kb
((limit_small=1024*1024))                                      # 1Mb
((limit_medium=1024*1024*32))                                  # 32Mb
((limit_large=1024*1024*1024))                                 # 1Gb
((limit_huge=1024*1024*1024*10))                               # 10Gb
((limit_massive=1024*1024*1024*1024))                          # 1Tb

ls -l $source_dir | while read perms links owner group bytes dd mon yot file
do
   target_dir=tiny                                             # Set a default
   [ $bytes -gt $limit_tiny ]    &&  target_dir=small
   [ $bytes -gt $limit_small ]   &&  target_dir=medium
   [ $bytes -gt $limit_medium ]  &&  target_dir=large
   [ $bytes -gt $limit_large ]   &&  target_dir=huge
   [ $bytes -gt $limit_huge ]    &&  target_dir=massive
   [ $bytes -gt $limit_massive ] &&  target_dir=gigantic

   cp -p $file $target_dir
done