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From: Owen on 23 Mar 2010 04:53 I just polluted a directory with 100 odd files, they were meant to go into a sub directory. All files have a date so that ls -l|grep '2010-03-23' list the files that need moving. What one liner can I use to move them all into the sub directory in one operation? TIA Owen
From: Laurianne Gardeux on 23 Mar 2010 05:10 Owen à écrit : > I just polluted a directory with 100 odd files, they were meant to go > into a sub directory. All files have a date so that ls -l|grep > '2010-03-23' list the files that need moving. > > What one liner can I use to move them all into the sub directory in one > operation? > > > TIA > > > Owen mkdir -p mysubdir; mv *2010-03-23* mysubdir
From: Tony Sequeira on 23 Mar 2010 05:12 Owen wrote: > I just polluted a directory with 100 odd files, they were meant to go > into a sub directory. All files have a date so that ls -l|grep > '2010-03-23' list the files that need moving. > > What one liner can I use to move them all into the sub directory in > one operation? > > > TIA > > > Owen > Untested cd dir for OddFile in * ; do echo mv $OddFile subdir/ done Remove the echo when you see that it's going to work OK. Disclaimer, if you have spaces or special characters in names of files/directories, you will have problems with thui. -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ "They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them!" ++
From: Tony Sequeira on 23 Mar 2010 05:21 Laurianne Gardeux wrote: > Owen à écrit : > >> I just polluted a directory with 100 odd files, they were meant to go >> into a sub directory. All files have a date so that ls -l|grep >> '2010-03-23' list the files that need moving. >> >> What one liner can I use to move them all into the sub directory in one >> operation? >> >> >> TIA >> >> >> Owen > > mkdir -p mysubdir; mv *2010-03-23* mysubdir This is a better solution than mine, please ignore my loop. -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ Lackland's Laws: (1) Never be first. (2) Never be last. (3) Never volunteer for anything ++
From: Ivan Shmakov on 23 Mar 2010 06:47
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >>>>> "O" == Owen <xemoth(a)gmail.com> writes: O> I just polluted a directory with 100 odd files, they were meant to O> go into a sub directory. All files have a date so that ls -l|grep O> '2010-03-23' list the files that need moving. O> What one liner can I use to move them all into the sub directory in O> one operation? Assuming GNU (Bash, Coreutils, Findutils), it could be: $ find DIRECTORY/ -type f -mtime -1 \ -exec mv --target-directory=DIRECTORY/SUBDIRECTORY/ -- {} + Depending on the context, it could just as well be â-mtime -2â, or â-mtime -2 -mtime -1â, so adjust to the needs. [...] - -- FSF associate member #7257 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkuonCYACgkQaOzeitO4jPDspQCeJa4imRitjVA5Hd56JC/9ct5E exIAoJj7RSlrIg/VXGWvvBDXX2y2x5wR =ZxR0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |