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# 8  
Old 07-11-2014
I don't know how you end up trying to move files with names ending in .mov when you're listing files with names ending in .mp4???

But, I'm guessing that this much simpler (and faster) version of your script will be much closer to what you're trying to do (working on both .mp4 and .mov files):
Code:
#!/bin/bash
srcdir="/source/dir"
destdir="/destination/dir"

cd "$srcdir"
ls -Tl *.mp4 *.mov | while read -r x x x x x filedirm filedir x fileyear filename
do
	if [ ! -d "$destdir/$fileyear/$filedirm/$filedir" ]
	then	mkdir -p "$destdir/$fileyear/$filedirm/$filedir"
	fi
	# move files 
	if [ ! -f "$destdir/$fileyear/$filedirm/$filedir/$fiename" ]
	then	mv "$filename" "$destdir/$fileyear/$filedirm/$filedir"
	fi
done

The key point is that when you have filenames containing whitespace characters, you have to quote them appropriately. Getting rid of all of the calls to awk and the problems created by trying to use awk to gather an unknown number of fields into the filename is handled by letting the read shell built-in do most of the work for you.
Last edited by Don Cragun; 07-11-2014 at 03:39 PM.. Reason: Add missing quotes around $srcdir.
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# 9  
Old 07-11-2014
I have end up with mp4 because i have created test folder and copied mp4 files. mp4 is smaller few MB and mov are few GB and for testing is ok.
I will try your script and let you know if that is ok.
Thank you very much for your effort.

---------- Post updated at 05:29 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:36 PM ----------

That is exactly what i needed Thanks again. Smilie
I just adapted to my needs because this script will use people that are not familiar with shell.

so if anyone need it here it is
Code:
#!/bin/bash

#source
echo -n "drag&drop source folder:"
read -e srcdir
#srcdir="/src/dir"

#destination
echo -n "drag&drop destination folder:"
read -e destdir
#destdir="/dst/dir

#File type
echo -n "file type:"
read -e ftype

cd "$srcdir"
ls -Tl *.$ftype | while read -r x x x x x filedirm filedir x fileyear filename
do
	if [ ! -d "$destdir/$fileyear/$filedirm/$filedir" ]
	then	mkdir -p "$destdir/$fileyear/$filedirm/$filedir"
	fi
	# move files 
	if [ ! -f "$destdir/$fileyear/$filedirm/$filedir/$fiename" ]
	then	mv "$filename" "$destdir/$fileyear/$filedirm/$filedir"
	fi
done
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