Move odd files in a directory to a different directory

kamaleshbv1 · 08-06-2012, 06:37 PM

Hello all,

I just need some info on moving all odd files to "directory" (to be clear, odd numbered file are files that end with 1 3 5 7 or 9). Please help

chrism01 · 08-06-2012, 06:52 PM

Sounds a bit like homework; can you show us what you've tried so far and what happened.
https://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/rules.html

kamaleshbv1 · 08-06-2012, 06:53 PM

no no this is not a home work . I am working with awk, but thats not getting right. So thought that you guys might help

chrism01 · 08-06-2012, 06:56 PM

No worries, but show us your code and the results, so we can help you fix it

kamaleshbv1 · 08-06-2012, 07:01 PM

mv *[135] /home

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I was wondering if we could do , with out giving the numbers

chrism01 · 08-06-2012, 07:07 PM

Now I'm confused; that's definitely not awk ...

kamaleshbv1 · 08-06-2012, 07:18 PM

ok, thats not an awk script. But i executed a different one which doesnt work..and i dont have it