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move and make directory
I know its a big classical but I didn't found the exact situation that concerns me
I need a mkdir+mv command that can be invoked like that :
mvdir /home/user/Documents/irs.pdf /mnt/work/45/223/insight/...
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Create directory using filenames and move the files to its respective folder
My question is a bit different than:
Create directory using filenames and move the files to its repective folder
Since in the same folder I have two similar copy of each file like:
001.txt and 001(1)....
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move contents of directory to static named subdirectory
I have directories of media structured as followed:
~ $ tree baz
baz
├── Ajin [Season 1]
│ ├── Ajin Demi-Human - 01 - A Topic That Has Nothing to Do with Us.mkv
│ ├── Ajin Demi-Human - 02 - Why Is ...
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How to Move file using Script
I have been asked to design a script which when executed, moves the file types given in the arguments to the respective folder(creates the folder with file type if not there).
Like suppose I give ...
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How to create a script to make a structure and sort files by moving them into directories?
I have a bunch of files which all have a first line being a date. All of them start with the same first 2 letters being "ff". I need to create a script which would use that first line in all files and ...
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How to make multiple directories and move multiple files
As an example, I have a directory with multiple files in this general format:
dir1/identifier1_desiredName1.m
dir1/identifier1_desiredName2
dir1/identifier1_desiredName3.m
dir1/...
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Bash command to create a folder and move specific files into it
I am trying to achieve this using bash
I have a directory of files, a sample to get the picture is below:
January 2010 MA - C3 Edexcel.pdf
January 2010 MS - C3 Edexcel.pdf
January 2010 QP - C3 ...
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Create directory name based on other other directories
I have directories:
Foo
Fee
but I also have some directories with names like:
Ipsum - Lorem
Dolor - Sit
If the directory does not contain a hyphen is should be ignored
If the directory does ...
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$_ not working with copy and move commands
I face the problem with
$_ usage,
which $_ special parameter in terminal, And its call the last argument of the previous command.
It was not work with cp and mv command in gnome-terminal.It happen ...
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Folder organization
I have several folders ("amazon", "niger", "rhine",...). Inside each of them I have several subfolders ("gfdl", "hadgem", "ipsl",...). Each subfolders is composed by 5 subfolders (e.g. in "amazon", ...
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Will `mv` ever have the ability to create directories?
This question asks for the best way to create a directory when using mv if it doesn't exist. My question is why isn't this an inbuilt feature of mv? Is there some fundamental reason due to which this ...
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