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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
1 hour ago
Is there only 1 for path-depth?
– cmak.fr
1 hour 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
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Do the TIF and JPEG already exist ?
– cmak.fr
1 hour ago
Is there only 1 for path-depth?
– cmak.fr
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Do the TIF and JPEG already exist ?
– cmak.fr
1 hour ago
Is there only 1 for path-depth?
– cmak.fr
1 hour ago
Do the TIF and JPEG already exist ?
– cmak.fr
1 hour ago
Do the TIF and JPEG already exist ?
– cmak.fr
1 hour ago
Is there only 1 for path-depth?
– cmak.fr
1 hour ago
Is there only 1 for path-depth?
– cmak.fr
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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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 $PWD/.TheScript
add a comment |
You can do this with rename
using bash
’s globstar
option:
shopt -s globstar
rename -n 's/.*//$&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
add a comment |
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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 57 mins ago
answered 1 hour ago
pa4080pa4080
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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 $PWD/.TheScript
answered 56 mins ago
waltinatorwaltinator
22.6k74169
22.6k74169
add a comment |
add a comment |
You can do this with rename
using bash
’s globstar
option:
shopt -s globstar
rename -n 's/.*//$&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
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
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
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Do the TIF and JPEG already exist ?
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Is there only 1 for path-depth?
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