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# 8  
Old 07-11-2013
hey try this if it works. sorry i am late.. i am new to shell scripting so little bit slow..

u may need to change some paths according to ur locations.
like
Code:
ls -ltr $path

and
Code:
mv $files $absolutePath/$server_name


Code:
ls -ltr | grep "^-" | awk '{print $NF}' >> file_move.lst
server_list="cetiss nik.tikkr"
server_list=($server_list)

for server_name in "${server_list[@]}"; do

        files=`grep $server_name file_move.lst`
        mv $files ./$server_name

done

# 9  
Old 07-11-2013
Thanks Little for your efforts.

In my last post I have given the exact file name. I will be having two (_ underscore) in the filename.
# 10  
Old 07-11-2013
then try with 3

Code:
 
for file in * ; do
dir_name=`echo $file | awk -F_ '{print $3}'`
# Create directories here if they are not there already
mv $file /home/username/temp/hosts/${dir_name}
done

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