Shell Programming and Scripting

name@school.edu:~/testsuite> ./organizefiles.sh
Are you sure you want to reorganize your files?
Enter y to continue, anything else to cancel:
y
Organizing files!
Finished organizing files!
Bye!


name@school.edu:~/testsuite> ls -R
.:
movies organizefiles.sh organize.log songs textfiles
./movies:
coolclip.wmv movie1.wmv movie2.mpg myvideo.mov
./songs:
awesomesong.mp3 jazz.mp3 rock.mp3 song1.wma song2.mp3
./textfiles:
file1.txt final.txt grades.txt secretdoc.txt


name@school.edu:~/testsuite> cat organize.log
Starting to organize...
coolclip.wmv --> movies/coolclip.wmv
movie1.wmv --> movies/movie1.wmv
movie2.mpg --> movies/movie2.mpg
myvideo.mov --> movies/myvideo.mov
awesomesong.mp3 --> songs/awesomesong.mp3
jazz.mp3 --> songs/jazz.mp3
rock.mp3 --> songs/rock.mp3
song1.wma --> songs/song1.wma
song2.mp3 --> songs/song2.mp3
file1.txt --> textfiles/file1.txt
final.txt --> textfiles/final.txt
grades.txt --> textfiles/grades.txt
secretdoc.txt --> textfiles/secretdoc.txt
name@school.edu:~/testsuite>

name@shell:~/coursename/scriptpractice>cat organizefiles.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Script to reorganize files

echo "Are you sure you want to reorganize your files?"
echo "Enter y to continue, anything else to cancel: "

read ans # This will get the user's response into the variable "ans"

case $ans in # Dereferencing ans. In is just syntax.

        # If the user says yes
        "y")
                echo "Organizing files!"
                        mkdir music video text
                        mv *.mp3 *.ogg *.wav ./music
                        mv *.wmv *.mov *.mpg ./video
                        mv *.txt ./text
                # Log file "organize.log" created
                        # for FILENAME in *
                echo "Finished organizing files!"
                echo "Bye!"
                ;;

        # If the user says anything else
        *) # * is a wildcard
                echo "User cancelled the process."

esac # As with the if statement, the case statement ends with case in reverse...esac