Recursively move files within sub directoriesRecursive bash script to collect information about each file in a directory structureMove files from subfoldersMove images from sub-folders into new sub-foldersShell script to function on subfolderscreate a .tar file of all latest files in the directoriesDelete files within all directories in a directoryExtract last 100 files in all subdirectories, each directory has variable number of filesHow to count the total number of files in all sub-directories?Excluding certain files and directories when deleting filesMaking Directories with Bash ScriptCopying single files from multiple directories to a new directory with multiple sub directories hosting each fileMerge multiple directories containing files with same name
Unfrosted light bulb
Center page as a whole without centering each element individually
New Order #2: Turn My Way
Has the laser at Magurele, Romania reached the tenth of the Sun power?
What do the positive and negative (+/-) transmit and receive pins mean on Ethernet cables?
Do native speakers use "ultima" and "proxima" frequently in spoken English?
Sort with assumptions
Can you take a "free object interaction" while incapacitated?
Pre-Employment Background Check With Consent For Future Checks
Why can't I get pgrep output right to variable on bash script?
Checking @@ROWCOUNT failing
Make a Bowl of Alphabet Soup
Air travel with refrigerated insulin
How to split IPA spelling into syllables
If the Dominion rule using their Jem'Hadar troops, why is their life expectancy so low?
How do you justify more code being written by following clean code practices?
Are hand made posters acceptable in Academia?
Do I have to take mana from my deck or hand when tapping this card?
How do you say "Trust your struggle." in French?
Derivative of an interpolated function
Is this saw blade faulty?
Did I make a mistake by ccing email to boss to others?
PTIJ: Which Dr. Seuss books should one obtain?
What (if any) is the reason to buy in small local stores?
Recursively move files within sub directories
Recursive bash script to collect information about each file in a directory structureMove files from subfoldersMove images from sub-folders into new sub-foldersShell script to function on subfolderscreate a .tar file of all latest files in the directoriesDelete files within all directories in a directoryExtract last 100 files in all subdirectories, each directory has variable number of filesHow to count the total number of files in all sub-directories?Excluding certain files and directories when deleting filesMaking Directories with Bash ScriptCopying single files from multiple directories to a new directory with multiple sub directories hosting each fileMerge multiple directories containing files with same name
.
├── subdirectory-A
│ ├── 1.jpg
│ ├── 1.tif
│ ├── 2.jpg
│ ├── 2.tif
│ ├── JPEG
│ └── TIF
└── subdirectory-B
├── 1.jpg
├── 1.tif
├── 2.jpg
├── 2.tif
├── JPEG
└── TIF
Can anyone help please? I'm trying to find a way of moving all .tif
files into the TIF directory and all .jpg
files into the JPEG directory by running (mv
) in a shell script from the local parent directory. I have been using
mv *.jpg JPEG/
within each sub directory but I need to do this job on a archive with over 17K directories and the manual option one dir at a time is not an option.
command-line bash scripts directory
New contributor
add a comment |
.
├── subdirectory-A
│ ├── 1.jpg
│ ├── 1.tif
│ ├── 2.jpg
│ ├── 2.tif
│ ├── JPEG
│ └── TIF
└── subdirectory-B
├── 1.jpg
├── 1.tif
├── 2.jpg
├── 2.tif
├── JPEG
└── TIF
Can anyone help please? I'm trying to find a way of moving all .tif
files into the TIF directory and all .jpg
files into the JPEG directory by running (mv
) in a shell script from the local parent directory. I have been using
mv *.jpg JPEG/
within each sub directory but I need to do this job on a archive with over 17K directories and the manual option one dir at a time is not an option.
command-line bash scripts directory
New contributor
Do the TIF and JPEG already exist ?
– cmak.fr
3 hours ago
Is there only 1 for path-depth?
– cmak.fr
2 hours ago
add a comment |
.
├── subdirectory-A
│ ├── 1.jpg
│ ├── 1.tif
│ ├── 2.jpg
│ ├── 2.tif
│ ├── JPEG
│ └── TIF
└── subdirectory-B
├── 1.jpg
├── 1.tif
├── 2.jpg
├── 2.tif
├── JPEG
└── TIF
Can anyone help please? I'm trying to find a way of moving all .tif
files into the TIF directory and all .jpg
files into the JPEG directory by running (mv
) in a shell script from the local parent directory. I have been using
mv *.jpg JPEG/
within each sub directory but I need to do this job on a archive with over 17K directories and the manual option one dir at a time is not an option.
command-line bash scripts directory
New contributor
.
├── subdirectory-A
│ ├── 1.jpg
│ ├── 1.tif
│ ├── 2.jpg
│ ├── 2.tif
│ ├── JPEG
│ └── TIF
└── subdirectory-B
├── 1.jpg
├── 1.tif
├── 2.jpg
├── 2.tif
├── JPEG
└── TIF
Can anyone help please? I'm trying to find a way of moving all .tif
files into the TIF directory and all .jpg
files into the JPEG directory by running (mv
) in a shell script from the local parent directory. I have been using
mv *.jpg JPEG/
within each sub directory but I need to do this job on a archive with over 17K directories and the manual option one dir at a time is not an option.
command-line bash scripts directory
command-line bash scripts directory
New contributor
New contributor
edited 3 hours ago
pomsky
32.2k11100131
32.2k11100131
New contributor
asked 3 hours ago
OlsOls
133
133
New contributor
New contributor
Do the TIF and JPEG already exist ?
– cmak.fr
3 hours ago
Is there only 1 for path-depth?
– cmak.fr
2 hours ago
add a comment |
Do the TIF and JPEG already exist ?
– cmak.fr
3 hours ago
Is there only 1 for path-depth?
– cmak.fr
2 hours ago
Do the TIF and JPEG already exist ?
– cmak.fr
3 hours ago
Do the TIF and JPEG already exist ?
– cmak.fr
3 hours ago
Is there only 1 for path-depth?
– cmak.fr
2 hours ago
Is there only 1 for path-depth?
– cmak.fr
2 hours ago
add a comment |
3 Answers
3
active
oldest
votes
You can do this with rename
using bash
’s globstar
option:
shopt -s globstar
rename -n 's/.*//$&JPEG//' **/*.jpeg
rename -n 's/.*//$&TIF//' **/*.tif
The -n
option lets it just output what it would do, remove it to actually perform the moving. What happens here is that rename
goes over each e.g. .jpeg
file in any subdirectory thanks to **
matching any number of subdirectories. It substitutes its path (everything until the last /
) with itself ($&
) followed by JPEG/
, effectively moving the file to this directory.
If your list of arguments is too long the commands above will throw an error. Use this approach to work around the shell’s ARG_MAX
limit:
printf '%s' **/*.jpeg | xargs -0 rename -n 's/.*//$&JPEG//'
printf '%s' **/*.tif | xargs -0 rename -n 's/.*//$&TIF//'
This uses the shell builtin printf
to build a zero-delimited argument list which is piped to xargs
which calls rename
with the maximum number of arguments.
Example run
$ tree
.
├── subdirectory-A
│ ├── 1.jpeg
│ ├── 1.tif
│ ├── 2.jpeg
│ ├── 2.tif
│ ├── JPEG
│ └── TIF
└── subdirectory-B
├── 1.jpeg
├── 1.tif
├── 2.jpeg
├── 2.tif
├── JPEG
└── TIF
$ shopt -s globstar
$ rename -n 's/.*//$&JPEG//' **/*.jpeg
rename(subdirectory-A/1.jpeg, subdirectory-A/JPEG/1.jpeg)
rename(subdirectory-A/2.jpeg, subdirectory-A/JPEG/2.jpeg)
rename(subdirectory-B/1.jpeg, subdirectory-B/JPEG/1.jpeg)
rename(subdirectory-B/2.jpeg, subdirectory-B/JPEG/2.jpeg)
$ rename 's/.*//$&JPEG//' **/*.jpeg
$ printf '%s' **/*.tif | xargs -0 rename 's/.*//$&TIF//'
$ tree
.
├── subdirectory-A
│ ├── JPEG
│ │ ├── 1.jpeg
│ │ └── 2.jpeg
│ └── TIF
│ ├── 1.tif
│ └── 2.tif
└── subdirectory-B
├── JPEG
│ ├── 1.jpeg
│ └── 2.jpeg
└── TIF
├── 1.tif
└── 2.tif
Yes that did it! Thanks for your help - I still have quite a lot to learn with Linux. :)
– Ols
48 mins ago
add a comment |
The first thing that comes to my mind is the following Bash loop:
#!/bin/bash
for dir in */ # or use: subdirectory*/
do
cd "$dir"
mv *jpg JPG/
mv *tif TIF/
cd ..
done
Example of usage as inline command:
$ mkdir -p subdirectory-A,B/TIF,JPG; touch subdirectory-A,B/1,2.jpg,tif
$ for dir in */; do cd "$dir"; mv *jpg JPG/; mv *tif TIF/; cd ..; done
$ tree
.
├── subdirectory-A
│ ├── JPG
│ │ ├── 1.jpg
│ │ └── 2.jpg
│ └── TIF
│ ├── 1.tif
│ └── 2.tif
└── subdirectory-B
├── JPG
│ ├── 1.jpg
│ └── 2.jpg
└── TIF
├── 1.tif
└── 2.tif
6 directories, 8 files
Related questions:
- Move files from subfolders
- Recursive bash script to collect information about each file in a directory structure
add a comment |
Since you mentioned "over 17K directories", find
and xargs
spring to mind.
# do this part Only Once
cat >./TheScript <<"EOF"
#!/bin/bash
while $# -gt 0 ; do
cd "$1"
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.jpg' -print | xargs --no-run-if-empty mv --target-directory=JPG
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.tif' -print | xargs --no-run-if-empty mv --target-directory=TIF
cd "$OLDPWD"
shift
done
exit 0
EOF
chmod +x ./TheScript
# end of "Only Once"
find . -type d ! -name 'JPG' -a ! -name 'TIF` -print |
xargs $PWD/.TheScript
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function()
var channelOptions =
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "89"
;
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
createEditor();
);
else
createEditor();
);
function createEditor()
StackExchange.prepareEditor(
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: true,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: 10,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader:
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
,
onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
);
);
Ols is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f1127043%2frecursively-move-files-within-sub-directories%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
3 Answers
3
active
oldest
votes
3 Answers
3
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
You can do this with rename
using bash
’s globstar
option:
shopt -s globstar
rename -n 's/.*//$&JPEG//' **/*.jpeg
rename -n 's/.*//$&TIF//' **/*.tif
The -n
option lets it just output what it would do, remove it to actually perform the moving. What happens here is that rename
goes over each e.g. .jpeg
file in any subdirectory thanks to **
matching any number of subdirectories. It substitutes its path (everything until the last /
) with itself ($&
) followed by JPEG/
, effectively moving the file to this directory.
If your list of arguments is too long the commands above will throw an error. Use this approach to work around the shell’s ARG_MAX
limit:
printf '%s' **/*.jpeg | xargs -0 rename -n 's/.*//$&JPEG//'
printf '%s' **/*.tif | xargs -0 rename -n 's/.*//$&TIF//'
This uses the shell builtin printf
to build a zero-delimited argument list which is piped to xargs
which calls rename
with the maximum number of arguments.
Example run
$ tree
.
├── subdirectory-A
│ ├── 1.jpeg
│ ├── 1.tif
│ ├── 2.jpeg
│ ├── 2.tif
│ ├── JPEG
│ └── TIF
└── subdirectory-B
├── 1.jpeg
├── 1.tif
├── 2.jpeg
├── 2.tif
├── JPEG
└── TIF
$ shopt -s globstar
$ rename -n 's/.*//$&JPEG//' **/*.jpeg
rename(subdirectory-A/1.jpeg, subdirectory-A/JPEG/1.jpeg)
rename(subdirectory-A/2.jpeg, subdirectory-A/JPEG/2.jpeg)
rename(subdirectory-B/1.jpeg, subdirectory-B/JPEG/1.jpeg)
rename(subdirectory-B/2.jpeg, subdirectory-B/JPEG/2.jpeg)
$ rename 's/.*//$&JPEG//' **/*.jpeg
$ printf '%s' **/*.tif | xargs -0 rename 's/.*//$&TIF//'
$ tree
.
├── subdirectory-A
│ ├── JPEG
│ │ ├── 1.jpeg
│ │ └── 2.jpeg
│ └── TIF
│ ├── 1.tif
│ └── 2.tif
└── subdirectory-B
├── JPEG
│ ├── 1.jpeg
│ └── 2.jpeg
└── TIF
├── 1.tif
└── 2.tif
Yes that did it! Thanks for your help - I still have quite a lot to learn with Linux. :)
– Ols
48 mins ago
add a comment |
You can do this with rename
using bash
’s globstar
option:
shopt -s globstar
rename -n 's/.*//$&JPEG//' **/*.jpeg
rename -n 's/.*//$&TIF//' **/*.tif
The -n
option lets it just output what it would do, remove it to actually perform the moving. What happens here is that rename
goes over each e.g. .jpeg
file in any subdirectory thanks to **
matching any number of subdirectories. It substitutes its path (everything until the last /
) with itself ($&
) followed by JPEG/
, effectively moving the file to this directory.
If your list of arguments is too long the commands above will throw an error. Use this approach to work around the shell’s ARG_MAX
limit:
printf '%s' **/*.jpeg | xargs -0 rename -n 's/.*//$&JPEG//'
printf '%s' **/*.tif | xargs -0 rename -n 's/.*//$&TIF//'
This uses the shell builtin printf
to build a zero-delimited argument list which is piped to xargs
which calls rename
with the maximum number of arguments.
Example run
$ tree
.
├── subdirectory-A
│ ├── 1.jpeg
│ ├── 1.tif
│ ├── 2.jpeg
│ ├── 2.tif
│ ├── JPEG
│ └── TIF
└── subdirectory-B
├── 1.jpeg
├── 1.tif
├── 2.jpeg
├── 2.tif
├── JPEG
└── TIF
$ shopt -s globstar
$ rename -n 's/.*//$&JPEG//' **/*.jpeg
rename(subdirectory-A/1.jpeg, subdirectory-A/JPEG/1.jpeg)
rename(subdirectory-A/2.jpeg, subdirectory-A/JPEG/2.jpeg)
rename(subdirectory-B/1.jpeg, subdirectory-B/JPEG/1.jpeg)
rename(subdirectory-B/2.jpeg, subdirectory-B/JPEG/2.jpeg)
$ rename 's/.*//$&JPEG//' **/*.jpeg
$ printf '%s' **/*.tif | xargs -0 rename 's/.*//$&TIF//'
$ tree
.
├── subdirectory-A
│ ├── JPEG
│ │ ├── 1.jpeg
│ │ └── 2.jpeg
│ └── TIF
│ ├── 1.tif
│ └── 2.tif
└── subdirectory-B
├── JPEG
│ ├── 1.jpeg
│ └── 2.jpeg
└── TIF
├── 1.tif
└── 2.tif
Yes that did it! Thanks for your help - I still have quite a lot to learn with Linux. :)
– Ols
48 mins ago
add a comment |
You can do this with rename
using bash
’s globstar
option:
shopt -s globstar
rename -n 's/.*//$&JPEG//' **/*.jpeg
rename -n 's/.*//$&TIF//' **/*.tif
The -n
option lets it just output what it would do, remove it to actually perform the moving. What happens here is that rename
goes over each e.g. .jpeg
file in any subdirectory thanks to **
matching any number of subdirectories. It substitutes its path (everything until the last /
) with itself ($&
) followed by JPEG/
, effectively moving the file to this directory.
If your list of arguments is too long the commands above will throw an error. Use this approach to work around the shell’s ARG_MAX
limit:
printf '%s' **/*.jpeg | xargs -0 rename -n 's/.*//$&JPEG//'
printf '%s' **/*.tif | xargs -0 rename -n 's/.*//$&TIF//'
This uses the shell builtin printf
to build a zero-delimited argument list which is piped to xargs
which calls rename
with the maximum number of arguments.
Example run
$ tree
.
├── subdirectory-A
│ ├── 1.jpeg
│ ├── 1.tif
│ ├── 2.jpeg
│ ├── 2.tif
│ ├── JPEG
│ └── TIF
└── subdirectory-B
├── 1.jpeg
├── 1.tif
├── 2.jpeg
├── 2.tif
├── JPEG
└── TIF
$ shopt -s globstar
$ rename -n 's/.*//$&JPEG//' **/*.jpeg
rename(subdirectory-A/1.jpeg, subdirectory-A/JPEG/1.jpeg)
rename(subdirectory-A/2.jpeg, subdirectory-A/JPEG/2.jpeg)
rename(subdirectory-B/1.jpeg, subdirectory-B/JPEG/1.jpeg)
rename(subdirectory-B/2.jpeg, subdirectory-B/JPEG/2.jpeg)
$ rename 's/.*//$&JPEG//' **/*.jpeg
$ printf '%s' **/*.tif | xargs -0 rename 's/.*//$&TIF//'
$ tree
.
├── subdirectory-A
│ ├── JPEG
│ │ ├── 1.jpeg
│ │ └── 2.jpeg
│ └── TIF
│ ├── 1.tif
│ └── 2.tif
└── subdirectory-B
├── JPEG
│ ├── 1.jpeg
│ └── 2.jpeg
└── TIF
├── 1.tif
└── 2.tif
You can do this with rename
using bash
’s globstar
option:
shopt -s globstar
rename -n 's/.*//$&JPEG//' **/*.jpeg
rename -n 's/.*//$&TIF//' **/*.tif
The -n
option lets it just output what it would do, remove it to actually perform the moving. What happens here is that rename
goes over each e.g. .jpeg
file in any subdirectory thanks to **
matching any number of subdirectories. It substitutes its path (everything until the last /
) with itself ($&
) followed by JPEG/
, effectively moving the file to this directory.
If your list of arguments is too long the commands above will throw an error. Use this approach to work around the shell’s ARG_MAX
limit:
printf '%s' **/*.jpeg | xargs -0 rename -n 's/.*//$&JPEG//'
printf '%s' **/*.tif | xargs -0 rename -n 's/.*//$&TIF//'
This uses the shell builtin printf
to build a zero-delimited argument list which is piped to xargs
which calls rename
with the maximum number of arguments.
Example run
$ tree
.
├── subdirectory-A
│ ├── 1.jpeg
│ ├── 1.tif
│ ├── 2.jpeg
│ ├── 2.tif
│ ├── JPEG
│ └── TIF
└── subdirectory-B
├── 1.jpeg
├── 1.tif
├── 2.jpeg
├── 2.tif
├── JPEG
└── TIF
$ shopt -s globstar
$ rename -n 's/.*//$&JPEG//' **/*.jpeg
rename(subdirectory-A/1.jpeg, subdirectory-A/JPEG/1.jpeg)
rename(subdirectory-A/2.jpeg, subdirectory-A/JPEG/2.jpeg)
rename(subdirectory-B/1.jpeg, subdirectory-B/JPEG/1.jpeg)
rename(subdirectory-B/2.jpeg, subdirectory-B/JPEG/2.jpeg)
$ rename 's/.*//$&JPEG//' **/*.jpeg
$ printf '%s' **/*.tif | xargs -0 rename 's/.*//$&TIF//'
$ tree
.
├── subdirectory-A
│ ├── JPEG
│ │ ├── 1.jpeg
│ │ └── 2.jpeg
│ └── TIF
│ ├── 1.tif
│ └── 2.tif
└── subdirectory-B
├── JPEG
│ ├── 1.jpeg
│ └── 2.jpeg
└── TIF
├── 1.tif
└── 2.tif
edited 2 hours ago
answered 2 hours ago
dessertdessert
24.7k672105
24.7k672105
Yes that did it! Thanks for your help - I still have quite a lot to learn with Linux. :)
– Ols
48 mins ago
add a comment |
Yes that did it! Thanks for your help - I still have quite a lot to learn with Linux. :)
– Ols
48 mins ago
Yes that did it! Thanks for your help - I still have quite a lot to learn with Linux. :)
– Ols
48 mins ago
Yes that did it! Thanks for your help - I still have quite a lot to learn with Linux. :)
– Ols
48 mins ago
add a comment |
The first thing that comes to my mind is the following Bash loop:
#!/bin/bash
for dir in */ # or use: subdirectory*/
do
cd "$dir"
mv *jpg JPG/
mv *tif TIF/
cd ..
done
Example of usage as inline command:
$ mkdir -p subdirectory-A,B/TIF,JPG; touch subdirectory-A,B/1,2.jpg,tif
$ for dir in */; do cd "$dir"; mv *jpg JPG/; mv *tif TIF/; cd ..; done
$ tree
.
├── subdirectory-A
│ ├── JPG
│ │ ├── 1.jpg
│ │ └── 2.jpg
│ └── TIF
│ ├── 1.tif
│ └── 2.tif
└── subdirectory-B
├── JPG
│ ├── 1.jpg
│ └── 2.jpg
└── TIF
├── 1.tif
└── 2.tif
6 directories, 8 files
Related questions:
- Move files from subfolders
- Recursive bash script to collect information about each file in a directory structure
add a comment |
The first thing that comes to my mind is the following Bash loop:
#!/bin/bash
for dir in */ # or use: subdirectory*/
do
cd "$dir"
mv *jpg JPG/
mv *tif TIF/
cd ..
done
Example of usage as inline command:
$ mkdir -p subdirectory-A,B/TIF,JPG; touch subdirectory-A,B/1,2.jpg,tif
$ for dir in */; do cd "$dir"; mv *jpg JPG/; mv *tif TIF/; cd ..; done
$ tree
.
├── subdirectory-A
│ ├── JPG
│ │ ├── 1.jpg
│ │ └── 2.jpg
│ └── TIF
│ ├── 1.tif
│ └── 2.tif
└── subdirectory-B
├── JPG
│ ├── 1.jpg
│ └── 2.jpg
└── TIF
├── 1.tif
└── 2.tif
6 directories, 8 files
Related questions:
- Move files from subfolders
- Recursive bash script to collect information about each file in a directory structure
add a comment |
The first thing that comes to my mind is the following Bash loop:
#!/bin/bash
for dir in */ # or use: subdirectory*/
do
cd "$dir"
mv *jpg JPG/
mv *tif TIF/
cd ..
done
Example of usage as inline command:
$ mkdir -p subdirectory-A,B/TIF,JPG; touch subdirectory-A,B/1,2.jpg,tif
$ for dir in */; do cd "$dir"; mv *jpg JPG/; mv *tif TIF/; cd ..; done
$ tree
.
├── subdirectory-A
│ ├── JPG
│ │ ├── 1.jpg
│ │ └── 2.jpg
│ └── TIF
│ ├── 1.tif
│ └── 2.tif
└── subdirectory-B
├── JPG
│ ├── 1.jpg
│ └── 2.jpg
└── TIF
├── 1.tif
└── 2.tif
6 directories, 8 files
Related questions:
- Move files from subfolders
- Recursive bash script to collect information about each file in a directory structure
The first thing that comes to my mind is the following Bash loop:
#!/bin/bash
for dir in */ # or use: subdirectory*/
do
cd "$dir"
mv *jpg JPG/
mv *tif TIF/
cd ..
done
Example of usage as inline command:
$ mkdir -p subdirectory-A,B/TIF,JPG; touch subdirectory-A,B/1,2.jpg,tif
$ for dir in */; do cd "$dir"; mv *jpg JPG/; mv *tif TIF/; cd ..; done
$ tree
.
├── subdirectory-A
│ ├── JPG
│ │ ├── 1.jpg
│ │ └── 2.jpg
│ └── TIF
│ ├── 1.tif
│ └── 2.tif
└── subdirectory-B
├── JPG
│ ├── 1.jpg
│ └── 2.jpg
└── TIF
├── 1.tif
└── 2.tif
6 directories, 8 files
Related questions:
- Move files from subfolders
- Recursive bash script to collect information about each file in a directory structure
edited 2 hours ago
answered 3 hours ago
pa4080pa4080
14.6k52872
14.6k52872
add a comment |
add a comment |
Since you mentioned "over 17K directories", find
and xargs
spring to mind.
# do this part Only Once
cat >./TheScript <<"EOF"
#!/bin/bash
while $# -gt 0 ; do
cd "$1"
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.jpg' -print | xargs --no-run-if-empty mv --target-directory=JPG
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.tif' -print | xargs --no-run-if-empty mv --target-directory=TIF
cd "$OLDPWD"
shift
done
exit 0
EOF
chmod +x ./TheScript
# end of "Only Once"
find . -type d ! -name 'JPG' -a ! -name 'TIF` -print |
xargs $PWD/.TheScript
add a comment |
Since you mentioned "over 17K directories", find
and xargs
spring to mind.
# do this part Only Once
cat >./TheScript <<"EOF"
#!/bin/bash
while $# -gt 0 ; do
cd "$1"
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.jpg' -print | xargs --no-run-if-empty mv --target-directory=JPG
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.tif' -print | xargs --no-run-if-empty mv --target-directory=TIF
cd "$OLDPWD"
shift
done
exit 0
EOF
chmod +x ./TheScript
# end of "Only Once"
find . -type d ! -name 'JPG' -a ! -name 'TIF` -print |
xargs $PWD/.TheScript
add a comment |
Since you mentioned "over 17K directories", find
and xargs
spring to mind.
# do this part Only Once
cat >./TheScript <<"EOF"
#!/bin/bash
while $# -gt 0 ; do
cd "$1"
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.jpg' -print | xargs --no-run-if-empty mv --target-directory=JPG
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.tif' -print | xargs --no-run-if-empty mv --target-directory=TIF
cd "$OLDPWD"
shift
done
exit 0
EOF
chmod +x ./TheScript
# end of "Only Once"
find . -type d ! -name 'JPG' -a ! -name 'TIF` -print |
xargs $PWD/.TheScript
Since you mentioned "over 17K directories", find
and xargs
spring to mind.
# do this part Only Once
cat >./TheScript <<"EOF"
#!/bin/bash
while $# -gt 0 ; do
cd "$1"
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.jpg' -print | xargs --no-run-if-empty mv --target-directory=JPG
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.tif' -print | xargs --no-run-if-empty mv --target-directory=TIF
cd "$OLDPWD"
shift
done
exit 0
EOF
chmod +x ./TheScript
# end of "Only Once"
find . -type d ! -name 'JPG' -a ! -name 'TIF` -print |
xargs $PWD/.TheScript
answered 2 hours ago
waltinatorwaltinator
22.6k74169
22.6k74169
add a comment |
add a comment |
Ols is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Ols is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Ols is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Ols is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Thanks for contributing an answer to Ask Ubuntu!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f1127043%2frecursively-move-files-within-sub-directories%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Do the TIF and JPEG already exist ?
– cmak.fr
3 hours ago
Is there only 1 for path-depth?
– cmak.fr
2 hours ago