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# 1  
Old 08-26-2008
Script move and rename based on matching criteria
Hi all,

i would like to create a script that move and rename files from all the subdirectories of a given directory to others subdirectories of the same directory based on "matching" criteria in the "from" and "to" parameters.

Example:

Begin script
from /home/test/1_T_2008* move to /home/test/1_T/2008/*
from /home/test/12_B_2008* move to /home/test/12_B/2008/*
from /home/test/1765_T_2008* move to /home/test/1765_T/2008/*
and so on....
End script

N.B. All the directories are already created.

Anyone can help me?

Thank you all,
# 2  
Old 08-26-2008
For each selected file you can do something like that :
Code:
file=/home/test/1_T_20080826
src_dir=${file%/*}
src_file=${file##*/}
dst_sdir1=$(echo "${src_file}" | cut -d_ -f1-2)
dst_sdir2=$(echo "${src_file#${dst_sdir1}_}" | cut -c1-4)
dst_file=${src_file#${dst_sdir1}_${dst_sdir2}}
mv ${file} ${src_dir}/${dst_sdir1}/${dst_sdir2}/${dst_file}

Jean-Pierre.
# 3  
Old 08-26-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by aigles
For each selected file
thank you! it works great if there's only one file in the directory /home/test...but i would like to move multiple files at once using some wildcards... is it possible?

how can i do a loop to find all the files in the /home/test directory with same criteria (1_T_2008aaa.txt and 1_T_2008abc for example) and move them in the correct directory /1_T/2008 directory?

I've also tried to solve the problem with mmv command and adding * in
file=/home/test/1_T_2008*
but not successfully...

thanks again for your help...
# 4  
Old 08-26-2008
ok, i've modified the script (also changed some path) and now it moves all the files with '1_T_2008' in the name...

how can i move the files without insert in the script a "fixed text" (avoiding to declare a fixed file; in this case file=/var/www/comune/1_T_2008*)?

here is the code:

Code:
file=/var/www/comune/1_T_2008*
src_dir=/var/www/files
src_file=${file##*/}
dst_sdir1=$(echo "${src_file}" | cut -d_ -f1-2)
dst_sdir2=$(echo "${src_file#${dst_sdir1}_}" | cut -c1-4)
dst_file=${src_file#${dst_sdir1}_${dst_sdir2}}
mv ${file} ${src_dir}/${dst_sdir1}/${dst_sdir2}/

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