Use find to find a directory and move it to a different path
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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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
New contributor
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
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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
New contributor
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
command-line bash directory find 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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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
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
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
add a comment |
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
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
add a comment |
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
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
edited 2 days ago
answered Jan 8 at 14:35
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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
add a comment |
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
add a comment |
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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