seanbw2
June 29th, 2016, 12:57 PM
I have a folder and sub folders and massive numbers of files as follows:
Folder called Movies
Sub Folder called "009 - A bad Wolf"
Files called " 009 A bad Wolf.avi"
Files called " 009 A bad Wolf.txt"
Files called " 009 - A bad Wold.nfo"
Sub folder A damn Good Film
Files > A Very good Film .mp4
Files > A very good Film .nfo
Files > A Very good Film.txt
Files > American Babe -Estelle Feat Kan Wass.mkv
Files > American Babe -Estelle Feat Kan Wass.nfo
Files > American Babe -Estelle Feat Kan Wass-poster.jpg
Files > American.History.X.1998.Bluray.1080p.DTS-HD-7.1.x264-Grym
Sub Folder > Baste - taste
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Files > Baa Baa Sheep.ogg
Files > Baa Baa Sheep.nfo
Files > Baa Baa Sheep.txt
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Files > Saa Baa Sheep.mp3
Files > Saa Baa Sheep.nfo
.
Files > Zaa Baa Sheep.flv
Files > Zaa Baa Sheep-poster.jpg
Files > Zaa Baa Sheep.nfo
Files > Zaa Baa Sheep.txt
How can I get each similar set of files into individual directories without going through one by one? There are 1075 files and sub folders in the sub folder and 6 file in the main folder + the sub folder I am totally out of my depth. I know I have to use find and exec but how to create the directory with matching names? i.e. It should be like this:
Folder > Movies
Sub Folder > 009 - A bad Wolf with the following files in this sub folder:
Files > 009 - A bad Wolf.avi
Files > 009 - A bad Wolf.txt
Files > 009 - A bad Wold.nfo
Sub folder > A damn Good Film with all the files of same name in this sub folder
Sub Folder > A Very good Film with all these files in this sub folder : Files > A Very good Film .mp4
Files > A very good Film .nfo
Files > A Very good Film.txt
Sub Folder > American Babe -Estelle Feat Kan Wass with all these files of same name in this sub folder:
Files > American Babe -Estelle Feat Kan Wass.mkv
Files > American Babe -Estelle Feat Kan Wass.nfo
Files > American Babe -Estelle Feat Kan Wass-poster.jpg
Sub Folder > American.History.X.1998.Bluray.1080p.DTS-HD with files of same name in this sub folder:
Files > American.History.X.1998.Bluray.1080p.DTS-HD-7.1.x264-Grym
Sub Folder > Baste - taste as above with files of same names in this sub folder
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Sub Folder > Baa Baa Sheep with files of same name in this sub folder:
Files > Baa Baa Sheep.ogg
Files > Baa Baa Sheep.nfo
Files > Baa Baa Sheep.txt
.
Sub Folder > Saa Baa Sheep with files of same name in this sub folder:
Files > Saa Baa Sheep.mp3
Files > Saa Baa Sheep.nfo
.
Sub Folder > Zaa Baa Sheep with files of same name in this sub folder:
Files > Zaa Baa Sheep.flv
Files > Zaa Baa Sheep-poster.jpg
Files > Zaa Baa Sheep.nfo
Files > Zaa Baa Sheep.txt
Because of the number of files 1075+, a manual solution is not realistic. A scripted solution will be preferable for instance I know it will be something like this:
find . \( -name "*.mp4" -o -name ".avi" -o -name ".mkv" -o -name ".ogg* -o -name-poster ".jpg"\) but my abilities here are non existent and I am not even sure that I need the extensions as it is the common names that need to be grouped into a sub folder each.
There is a maximum of four files names per set and most are three file names so this potentially gives me 250+ sub folders. Where there are four files, the fourth is usually a poster that terminates in a jpg.
My question is :
How can I use a find + exec or xargs script to go through this list of files and group each set of similar names and then create a sub folder for each group in a destination directory?
Can any linux/bash ninja assist?
thanks
Folder called Movies
Sub Folder called "009 - A bad Wolf"
Files called " 009 A bad Wolf.avi"
Files called " 009 A bad Wolf.txt"
Files called " 009 - A bad Wold.nfo"
Sub folder A damn Good Film
Files > A Very good Film .mp4
Files > A very good Film .nfo
Files > A Very good Film.txt
Files > American Babe -Estelle Feat Kan Wass.mkv
Files > American Babe -Estelle Feat Kan Wass.nfo
Files > American Babe -Estelle Feat Kan Wass-poster.jpg
Files > American.History.X.1998.Bluray.1080p.DTS-HD-7.1.x264-Grym
Sub Folder > Baste - taste
.
.
Files > Baa Baa Sheep.ogg
Files > Baa Baa Sheep.nfo
Files > Baa Baa Sheep.txt
.
.
Files > Saa Baa Sheep.mp3
Files > Saa Baa Sheep.nfo
.
Files > Zaa Baa Sheep.flv
Files > Zaa Baa Sheep-poster.jpg
Files > Zaa Baa Sheep.nfo
Files > Zaa Baa Sheep.txt
How can I get each similar set of files into individual directories without going through one by one? There are 1075 files and sub folders in the sub folder and 6 file in the main folder + the sub folder I am totally out of my depth. I know I have to use find and exec but how to create the directory with matching names? i.e. It should be like this:
Folder > Movies
Sub Folder > 009 - A bad Wolf with the following files in this sub folder:
Files > 009 - A bad Wolf.avi
Files > 009 - A bad Wolf.txt
Files > 009 - A bad Wold.nfo
Sub folder > A damn Good Film with all the files of same name in this sub folder
Sub Folder > A Very good Film with all these files in this sub folder : Files > A Very good Film .mp4
Files > A very good Film .nfo
Files > A Very good Film.txt
Sub Folder > American Babe -Estelle Feat Kan Wass with all these files of same name in this sub folder:
Files > American Babe -Estelle Feat Kan Wass.mkv
Files > American Babe -Estelle Feat Kan Wass.nfo
Files > American Babe -Estelle Feat Kan Wass-poster.jpg
Sub Folder > American.History.X.1998.Bluray.1080p.DTS-HD with files of same name in this sub folder:
Files > American.History.X.1998.Bluray.1080p.DTS-HD-7.1.x264-Grym
Sub Folder > Baste - taste as above with files of same names in this sub folder
.
.
Sub Folder > Baa Baa Sheep with files of same name in this sub folder:
Files > Baa Baa Sheep.ogg
Files > Baa Baa Sheep.nfo
Files > Baa Baa Sheep.txt
.
Sub Folder > Saa Baa Sheep with files of same name in this sub folder:
Files > Saa Baa Sheep.mp3
Files > Saa Baa Sheep.nfo
.
Sub Folder > Zaa Baa Sheep with files of same name in this sub folder:
Files > Zaa Baa Sheep.flv
Files > Zaa Baa Sheep-poster.jpg
Files > Zaa Baa Sheep.nfo
Files > Zaa Baa Sheep.txt
Because of the number of files 1075+, a manual solution is not realistic. A scripted solution will be preferable for instance I know it will be something like this:
find . \( -name "*.mp4" -o -name ".avi" -o -name ".mkv" -o -name ".ogg* -o -name-poster ".jpg"\) but my abilities here are non existent and I am not even sure that I need the extensions as it is the common names that need to be grouped into a sub folder each.
There is a maximum of four files names per set and most are three file names so this potentially gives me 250+ sub folders. Where there are four files, the fourth is usually a poster that terminates in a jpg.
My question is :
How can I use a find + exec or xargs script to go through this list of files and group each set of similar names and then create a sub folder for each group in a destination directory?
Can any linux/bash ninja assist?
thanks