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Here a script which sorts file alphabetical. So a file (or directory) beginning with an "a" (e.g. apple) will be moved into the directory "a" and so on.
Please be careful with it. This process can not be undone.
If you want to use this solution you need the following howto(s) finished:
File permissions:
Owner: root
Group: root
Permissions: -rwxr-xr-x
Click here for a download of the complete file: /gtc/test/etc/thinclient/scripts/az
Changed on 05.05.10This is a small script which sorts files (or directories) in directories called a-z and 0-9
#!/bin/bash
if [ -z "$1" ]
then
echo "No directory argument"
exit 1
fi
cd "$1" || exit 1
# Sort alphabetical
for i in A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
do
ls -1d $i?* 2>/dev/null | while read j
do
mkdir -p "$i"
if [ -d "$i/$j" ]
then
cp -lr "$j"/* "$i/$j"/ && rm -r "$j"
else
echo "mv \"$j\" \"$i\"/"
mv "$j" "$i"/
fi
done
done
# Sort non-Alphabetical Characters to _
if [ -n "`ls ??* 2>/dev/null `" ]
then
mkdir -p _
mv ??* _
fi
# Ignore Case sensitive
if [ "$2" = "-i" ]
then
for i in a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
do
j=`echo "$i" | awk '{$1=toupper($1);print}'`
if [ -d "$i" ]
then
mv "$i"/* "$j"/
rmdir "$i"
fi
done
fi
File permissions:
Owner: root
Group: root
Permissions: -rwxr-xr-x
Click here for a download of the complete file: /usr/local/bin/az
Changed on 05.05.10This is a small script which sorts files (or directories) in directories called a-z and 0-9
#!/bin/bash
if [ -z "$1" ]
then
echo "No directory argument"
exit 1
fi
cd "$1" || exit 1
# Sort alphabetical
for i in A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
do
ls -1d $i?* 2>/dev/null | while read j
do
mkdir -p "$i"
if [ -d "$i/$j" ]
then
cp -lr "$j"/* "$i/$j"/ && rm -r "$j"
else
# echo "mv \"$j\" \"$i\"/"
mv "$j" "$i"/
fi
done
done
# Sort non-Alphabetical Characters to _
if [ -n "`ls ??* 2>/dev/null `" ]
then
mkdir -p _
mv ??* _
fi
# Ignore Case sensitive
if [ "$2" = "-i" ]
then
for i in a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
do
j=`echo "$i" | awk '{$1=toupper($1);print}'`
if [ -d "$i" ]
then
mv "$i"/* "$j"/
rmdir "$i"
fi
done
fi
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Howto listingHere you can find the official Gentoo Linux Forums where you can find a lot of answers.
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