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I have hundreds of thousands of files in hundreds of directories.



An example directory structure is



./main/foo1/bar/*
./main/foo2/bar/*
./main/foo3/bar/*
./main/foo1/ran/*
./main/foo2/ran/*


For folders that have 'bar' directories, I want to move contents to following structure.



./secondary/bar/foo1/*
./secondary/bar/foo2/*
./secondary/bar/foo3/*


Can this be accomplished using find and mv?










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    are the foo and bar directorys always in the same depth?

    – RoVo
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  • Yes, the depth is consistent.

    – Umer
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I have hundreds of thousands of files in hundreds of directories.



An example directory structure is



./main/foo1/bar/*
./main/foo2/bar/*
./main/foo3/bar/*
./main/foo1/ran/*
./main/foo2/ran/*


For folders that have 'bar' directories, I want to move contents to following structure.



./secondary/bar/foo1/*
./secondary/bar/foo2/*
./secondary/bar/foo3/*


Can this be accomplished using find and mv?










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    are the foo and bar directorys always in the same depth?

    – RoVo
    Jan 8 at 14:12











  • Yes, the depth is consistent.

    – Umer
    Jan 8 at 14:18
















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I have hundreds of thousands of files in hundreds of directories.



An example directory structure is



./main/foo1/bar/*
./main/foo2/bar/*
./main/foo3/bar/*
./main/foo1/ran/*
./main/foo2/ran/*


For folders that have 'bar' directories, I want to move contents to following structure.



./secondary/bar/foo1/*
./secondary/bar/foo2/*
./secondary/bar/foo3/*


Can this be accomplished using find and mv?










share|improve this question









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I have hundreds of thousands of files in hundreds of directories.



An example directory structure is



./main/foo1/bar/*
./main/foo2/bar/*
./main/foo3/bar/*
./main/foo1/ran/*
./main/foo2/ran/*


For folders that have 'bar' directories, I want to move contents to following structure.



./secondary/bar/foo1/*
./secondary/bar/foo2/*
./secondary/bar/foo3/*


Can this be accomplished using find and mv?







command-line bash directory find mv






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  • 2





    are the foo and bar directorys always in the same depth?

    – RoVo
    Jan 8 at 14:12











  • Yes, the depth is consistent.

    – Umer
    Jan 8 at 14:18
















  • 2





    are the foo and bar directorys always in the same depth?

    – RoVo
    Jan 8 at 14:12











  • Yes, the depth is consistent.

    – Umer
    Jan 8 at 14:18










2




2





are the foo and bar directorys always in the same depth?

– RoVo
Jan 8 at 14:12





are the foo and bar directorys always in the same depth?

– RoVo
Jan 8 at 14:12













Yes, the depth is consistent.

– Umer
Jan 8 at 14:18







Yes, the depth is consistent.

– Umer
Jan 8 at 14:18












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Some little script to achieve this:



# Set the variables
main="./main"
secondary="./secondary"
foo_depth=3
bar_depth=4
bar_name="bar"

# let * match hidden files
shopt -s dotglob

# Loop through find (which is declared after done)
while IFS= read -r dir; do

# Read names of foo dir
foo=$(printf '%s' "$dir" | cut -d'/' -f $foo_depth)

# mkdir target and mv dir there
target="${secondary}/${bar_name}/${foo}"
mkdir -p "$target"
mv "$dir"/* "$target"

# as you mv the content of bar dir only,
# you may want to remove the full path to that folder
# rmdir -p will do that without deleting anything that is not empty,
# we can ignore the "failed to remove" messages.
[ $? = 0 ] && rmdir -p "${dir}"

done < <(find "$main" -type d -name "$bar_name")

# Turn off dotglob
shopt -u dotglob





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  • Thanks but my apologies since I messed up a bit. The 'sub' directory is not alone there and is a mix of files and folders that I intend to move. I've edited the question. Can you please edit your script? Really appreciated.

    – Umer
    2 days ago











  • I made an update.

    – RoVo
    2 days ago











  • Thanks a lot. I'll try it out soon.

    – Umer
    2 days ago











  • Ah this works beautifully. Thanks a ton. :)

    – Umer
    2 days ago











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Some little script to achieve this:



# Set the variables
main="./main"
secondary="./secondary"
foo_depth=3
bar_depth=4
bar_name="bar"

# let * match hidden files
shopt -s dotglob

# Loop through find (which is declared after done)
while IFS= read -r dir; do

# Read names of foo dir
foo=$(printf '%s' "$dir" | cut -d'/' -f $foo_depth)

# mkdir target and mv dir there
target="${secondary}/${bar_name}/${foo}"
mkdir -p "$target"
mv "$dir"/* "$target"

# as you mv the content of bar dir only,
# you may want to remove the full path to that folder
# rmdir -p will do that without deleting anything that is not empty,
# we can ignore the "failed to remove" messages.
[ $? = 0 ] && rmdir -p "${dir}"

done < <(find "$main" -type d -name "$bar_name")

# Turn off dotglob
shopt -u dotglob





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  • Thanks but my apologies since I messed up a bit. The 'sub' directory is not alone there and is a mix of files and folders that I intend to move. I've edited the question. Can you please edit your script? Really appreciated.

    – Umer
    2 days ago











  • I made an update.

    – RoVo
    2 days ago











  • Thanks a lot. I'll try it out soon.

    – Umer
    2 days ago











  • Ah this works beautifully. Thanks a ton. :)

    – Umer
    2 days ago
















2














Some little script to achieve this:



# Set the variables
main="./main"
secondary="./secondary"
foo_depth=3
bar_depth=4
bar_name="bar"

# let * match hidden files
shopt -s dotglob

# Loop through find (which is declared after done)
while IFS= read -r dir; do

# Read names of foo dir
foo=$(printf '%s' "$dir" | cut -d'/' -f $foo_depth)

# mkdir target and mv dir there
target="${secondary}/${bar_name}/${foo}"
mkdir -p "$target"
mv "$dir"/* "$target"

# as you mv the content of bar dir only,
# you may want to remove the full path to that folder
# rmdir -p will do that without deleting anything that is not empty,
# we can ignore the "failed to remove" messages.
[ $? = 0 ] && rmdir -p "${dir}"

done < <(find "$main" -type d -name "$bar_name")

# Turn off dotglob
shopt -u dotglob





share|improve this answer


























  • Thanks but my apologies since I messed up a bit. The 'sub' directory is not alone there and is a mix of files and folders that I intend to move. I've edited the question. Can you please edit your script? Really appreciated.

    – Umer
    2 days ago











  • I made an update.

    – RoVo
    2 days ago











  • Thanks a lot. I'll try it out soon.

    – Umer
    2 days ago











  • Ah this works beautifully. Thanks a ton. :)

    – Umer
    2 days ago














2












2








2







Some little script to achieve this:



# Set the variables
main="./main"
secondary="./secondary"
foo_depth=3
bar_depth=4
bar_name="bar"

# let * match hidden files
shopt -s dotglob

# Loop through find (which is declared after done)
while IFS= read -r dir; do

# Read names of foo dir
foo=$(printf '%s' "$dir" | cut -d'/' -f $foo_depth)

# mkdir target and mv dir there
target="${secondary}/${bar_name}/${foo}"
mkdir -p "$target"
mv "$dir"/* "$target"

# as you mv the content of bar dir only,
# you may want to remove the full path to that folder
# rmdir -p will do that without deleting anything that is not empty,
# we can ignore the "failed to remove" messages.
[ $? = 0 ] && rmdir -p "${dir}"

done < <(find "$main" -type d -name "$bar_name")

# Turn off dotglob
shopt -u dotglob





share|improve this answer















Some little script to achieve this:



# Set the variables
main="./main"
secondary="./secondary"
foo_depth=3
bar_depth=4
bar_name="bar"

# let * match hidden files
shopt -s dotglob

# Loop through find (which is declared after done)
while IFS= read -r dir; do

# Read names of foo dir
foo=$(printf '%s' "$dir" | cut -d'/' -f $foo_depth)

# mkdir target and mv dir there
target="${secondary}/${bar_name}/${foo}"
mkdir -p "$target"
mv "$dir"/* "$target"

# as you mv the content of bar dir only,
# you may want to remove the full path to that folder
# rmdir -p will do that without deleting anything that is not empty,
# we can ignore the "failed to remove" messages.
[ $? = 0 ] && rmdir -p "${dir}"

done < <(find "$main" -type d -name "$bar_name")

# Turn off dotglob
shopt -u dotglob






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  • Thanks but my apologies since I messed up a bit. The 'sub' directory is not alone there and is a mix of files and folders that I intend to move. I've edited the question. Can you please edit your script? Really appreciated.

    – Umer
    2 days ago











  • I made an update.

    – RoVo
    2 days ago











  • Thanks a lot. I'll try it out soon.

    – Umer
    2 days ago











  • Ah this works beautifully. Thanks a ton. :)

    – Umer
    2 days ago



















  • Thanks but my apologies since I messed up a bit. The 'sub' directory is not alone there and is a mix of files and folders that I intend to move. I've edited the question. Can you please edit your script? Really appreciated.

    – Umer
    2 days ago











  • I made an update.

    – RoVo
    2 days ago











  • Thanks a lot. I'll try it out soon.

    – Umer
    2 days ago











  • Ah this works beautifully. Thanks a ton. :)

    – Umer
    2 days ago

















Thanks but my apologies since I messed up a bit. The 'sub' directory is not alone there and is a mix of files and folders that I intend to move. I've edited the question. Can you please edit your script? Really appreciated.

– Umer
2 days ago





Thanks but my apologies since I messed up a bit. The 'sub' directory is not alone there and is a mix of files and folders that I intend to move. I've edited the question. Can you please edit your script? Really appreciated.

– Umer
2 days ago













I made an update.

– RoVo
2 days ago





I made an update.

– RoVo
2 days ago













Thanks a lot. I'll try it out soon.

– Umer
2 days ago





Thanks a lot. I'll try it out soon.

– Umer
2 days ago













Ah this works beautifully. Thanks a ton. :)

– Umer
2 days ago





Ah this works beautifully. Thanks a ton. :)

– Umer
2 days ago










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