CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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user3798033
user3798033

Reputation: 25

Using shell script, how do I put numbers in formats like 000?

I have large number of files which have file names in the format of XXX_name_YYY.out with YYY and YYY being numbers. I want to use a loop to move all files starting with XXX_name to a folder with the name 'XXX_name'. I am very new to shell scripting and only code a bit in C.

I would do something like this but the format of the numbers does not match the numbers in the file names.

c=1
while[c -le 100]
do
    d=1
    mkdir "$c"_name
    while[d - le 100]
    do
        mv "$c"_name_"$d".out "$c"_name/"$c"_name_"$d".out
        (( d++ ))
    done

    (( c++ ))
done

Upvotes: 0

Views: 57

Answers (1)

konsolebox
konsolebox

Reputation: 75588

for FILE in [0-9][0-9][0-9]_name_[0-9][0-9][0-9].out; do
    DIR=${FILE%_*.out}
    [[ -d $DIR ]] || mkdir "$DIR" && echo mv "$FILE" $DIR/"
done

Remove echo when you're sure it works already.

Upvotes: 1

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