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Create directories from filenames and move the files into those directories, based on file type.
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read -p "Please enter a file type: " filetype | |
read -p "Please enter a directory: " filesdir | |
if [ -z $filetype ] | |
then | |
echo "$filetype is empty. Please retry." | |
exit 2 | |
fi | |
if [ ! -d $filesdir ] | |
then | |
echo "$filesdir does not exist. Please retry with another directory." | |
exit 2 | |
fi | |
cd $filesdir | |
echo "Navigating to: $PWD " | |
echo "Searching for .$filetype's in $filesdir" | |
set -o errexit -o nounset | |
for file in *.$filetype | |
do | |
if [ -f "$file" ]; then | |
dir="${file%.$filetype}" | |
mkdir -- "$dir" | |
mv -- "$file" "$dir" | |
else | |
echo "No .$filetype's found in this directory." | |
fi | |
done | |
echo "Process complete. Files have been renamed and moved to their new directories." |
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