OK, gots a good one for you Linux gurus out there. I need to create a script that will parse a folder full of folders. In each subfolder there are several files, only one of which I need. I want to take the one file, which has a specific file extension, and move it to a different folder for further processing. The ability to specify the file extension or use multiple extensions would be a big help. I then want to be able to delete the subfolder regardless of any remaining files. The number of subfolders changes from day to day, so a for loop will probably be in order. Any help? Thanks in advance!!!

This can be done. How far have you gotten, and where are you stuck?

Best regards,
HMW

Not really a "good one", since this is so frequently a homework question, that there are THOUSANDS of sample scripts to do this. And you can probably even read your previous thread where you ask how to sort and move files, and where someone handed you a script:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...lp-4175563871/

...and use IT as your starting point. We are happy to HELP you, but don't ask us to write your scripts.

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This seems a highly complicated script which requires interactive behavior? Really, think about it, something that parses tons of files in folders and then upon the whim of whatever decides to move an arbitrary file from one place to another.

That's like a file manager/organizer application.

And what in the world is wrong with:If you're asking this question for fun, your own amusement, your own learning experience, then make some effort on your own. Note that most of us would rather write code to save our own time versus reinvent things arbitrarily. Whatever you've specified doesn't seem anything useful or more special than existing capabilities that can be done either extremely easily or by using applications which already exist.

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This forum is littered with such scripts.

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