Command line to sort files

satimis · 06-27-2005, 11:59 PM

Hi folks,

I have following files inside a directory, e.g.;
/parent_directory/
package-01
package-02
package-03
etc.
file-01.patch
file-02.patch
file-03.patch
etc.

What single command line shall I use to send all .patches to a new sub_directory
/parent_directory/patches/

and all packages to a new sub_directory
/parent_directory/packages/

respectively. Both sub_directories have to be created in executing the command line.

TIA

B.R.
satimis

CroMagnon · 06-28-2005, 12:31 AM

Perhaps I'm missing the point, but...

Code:

chdir /parent_directory; mkdir patches; mkdir packages; mv *patch patches; mv package-* packages

?? It's five commands, but still only one command line. Once the directories exist, you will get error messages, but you can suppress those like this:

Code:

chdir /parent_directory; mkdir patches 2>/dev/null; mkdir packages 2>/dev/null; mv *patch patches; mv package-* packages

satimis · 06-28-2005, 12:56 AM

Hi CroMagnon,

Tks for your advice.

Quote:

Code:

chdir /parent_directory; mkdir patches; mkdir packages; mv *patch patches; mv package-* packages

For .patch file there will be no problem. But for "packages file" they have variable name without a fixed patent.

Can I apply follwing command line so that all .patch files will be moved first to /parent_directory/patches/ and then all remaining files moved to /parent_directory/packages/ afterwards

Code:

chdir /parent_directory; mkdir patches; mkdir packages; mv *patch patches && mv * packages

B.R.
satimis

CroMagnon · 06-28-2005, 01:12 AM

Yes, you can do that. Of course, if there are any files in that directory that aren't patches or packages, they will also be moved to the packages dir.
Also, if there are two or three patterns to the package names, you could make use of that like this (as the last command):

Code:

mv *tar.gz *tar.bz2 *tgz packages

satimis · 06-28-2005, 01:26 AM

Hi CroMagnon,

Quote:

Code:

mv *tar.gz *tar.bz2 *tgz packages

Sorry, I over-looked and forgot to mention that on the remaining files there are read files such as;

udev-config-1.rules
udev-config-2.permissions
etc.

I expect to move all of them to ~/packages directory

B.R.
satimis

keefaz · 06-28-2005, 02:22 AM

You could also use find like :

Code:

[ ! -d "../packages" ] && mkdir packages
[ ! -d "../patches" ] && mkdir patches
find . -name "*.patch" -exec mv {} ../patches/ \;
find . -type f -exec mv {} ../packages/ \;

Naturally, all remaining file will be moved in
../packages in this case

satimis · 06-28-2005, 02:50 AM

Hi keefaz,

Tks for your advice.

Whether you suggest to write a script or to run following command lines separately after "cd /parent_directory"

Code:

[ ! -d "../packages" ] && mkdir packages
[ ! -d "../patches" ] && mkdir patches
find . -name "*.patch" -exec mv {} ../patches/ \;
find . -type f -exec mv {} ../packages/ \;

B.R.
satimis