#!/bin/bash
# This script only works specifically on files that follow a specific naming system.
# It parses the first three letters after the first position and creates directories
# using those three letters. It should then move the files into the directories
# whose names also start with a similar prefix.
#
# I.e. the file [Alpha] Bravo - Charlie - {001}.pdf should get moved into a
# directory called ./alp
#
# This first line takes the command input and moves it to a variable so it
# can be more easily handled.
sStartDir=$1
if [ $sStartDir = "" ]; then
sStartDir="./"
fi
cd $sStartDir
# This first step gave me trouble initially; in its current state it should
# pipe the output of 'ls' into the 'read' function of the script.
# When a 'for' loop was used it only grabbed the first word of the filename.
ls -1 | while read sFilename; do
# Evaluate filename; make sure it is sortable
Test=${sFilename:0:1}
if [ $Test = "[" ]; then
# We know it's sortable, now get the 3-letter prefix
# Strip out the spaces
sPrefix=${sFilename/" "/""}
sPrefix=${sPrefix:1:3}
# Check whether it is an existing directory
sPrefix=$(echo $sPrefix | tr [:upper:] [:lower:])
if [ ! -d ./$sPrefix ]; then
# If not, then create it
mkdir ./$sPrefix
fi
# Check whether the same file exists in the destination
if [ ! -e "./$sPrefix/$sFilename" ]; then
# Move the file into that directory
mv "$sFilename" "./$sPrefix"
else
echo "Error: File exists at destination: "$sFilename
fi
fi
done
A member of a now-defunct comics forum requested a script that would sort his collection according to a specific file structure.
The script should take a directory as a parameter and sort the contents within into folders based on the three-letter prefix of the files. For this to work, the files do need to be named in that weird way comics seem to be, i.e.
[Author] Title Vol Issue.cbr
It will then create a series of subdirectories based on the author name and move the file there, i.e.
./aut
…or if the directory exists, the file will just be moved there without creating a new folder.
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Client: Anonymous
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