Use find to find a directory and move it to a different path

I have hundreds of thousands of files in hundreds of directories.

An example directory structure is

./main/foo1/bar/*

./main/foo2/bar/*

./main/foo3/bar/*

./main/foo1/ran/*

./main/foo2/ran/*

For folders that have 'bar' directories, I want to move contents to following structure.

./secondary/bar/foo1/*

./secondary/bar/foo2/*

./secondary/bar/foo3/*

Can this be accomplished using find and mv?

edited Jan 9 at 7:36

asked Jan 8 at 14:07

Umer

2

are the foo and bar directorys always in the same depth?

– RoVo
Jan 8 at 14:12

Yes, the depth is consistent.

– Umer
Jan 8 at 14:18

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I have hundreds of thousands of files in hundreds of directories.

An example directory structure is

./main/foo1/bar/*

./main/foo2/bar/*

./main/foo3/bar/*

./main/foo1/ran/*

./main/foo2/ran/*

For folders that have 'bar' directories, I want to move contents to following structure.

./secondary/bar/foo1/*

./secondary/bar/foo2/*

./secondary/bar/foo3/*

Can this be accomplished using find and mv?

edited Jan 9 at 7:36

asked Jan 8 at 14:07

Umer

2

are the foo and bar directorys always in the same depth?

– RoVo
Jan 8 at 14:12

Yes, the depth is consistent.

– Umer
Jan 8 at 14:18

add a comment |

I have hundreds of thousands of files in hundreds of directories.

An example directory structure is

./main/foo1/bar/*

./main/foo2/bar/*

./main/foo3/bar/*

./main/foo1/ran/*

./main/foo2/ran/*

For folders that have 'bar' directories, I want to move contents to following structure.

./secondary/bar/foo1/*

./secondary/bar/foo2/*

./secondary/bar/foo3/*

Can this be accomplished using find and mv?

edited Jan 9 at 7:36

asked Jan 8 at 14:07

Umer

I have hundreds of thousands of files in hundreds of directories.

An example directory structure is

./main/foo1/bar/*

./main/foo2/bar/*

./main/foo3/bar/*

./main/foo1/ran/*

./main/foo2/ran/*

For folders that have 'bar' directories, I want to move contents to following structure.

./secondary/bar/foo1/*

./secondary/bar/foo2/*

./secondary/bar/foo3/*

Can this be accomplished using find and mv?

command-line bash directory find mv

edited Jan 9 at 7:36

asked Jan 8 at 14:07

Umer

edited Jan 9 at 7:36

asked Jan 8 at 14:07

Umer

edited Jan 9 at 7:36

asked Jan 8 at 14:07

Umer

asked Jan 8 at 14:07

Umer

asked Jan 8 at 14:07

Umer

2

are the foo and bar directorys always in the same depth?

– RoVo
Jan 8 at 14:12

Yes, the depth is consistent.

– Umer
Jan 8 at 14:18

add a comment |

2

are the foo and bar directorys always in the same depth?

– RoVo
Jan 8 at 14:12

Yes, the depth is consistent.

– Umer
Jan 8 at 14:18

are the foo and bar directorys always in the same depth?

– RoVo
Jan 8 at 14:12

Yes, the depth is consistent.

– Umer
Jan 8 at 14:18

add a comment |

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Some little script to achieve this:

# Set the variables

main="./main"

secondary="./secondary"

foo_depth=3

bar_depth=4

bar_name="bar"



# let * match hidden files

shopt -s dotglob



# Loop through find (which is declared after done)

while IFS= read -r dir; do



    # Read names of foo dir

    foo=$(printf '%s' "$dir" | cut -d'/' -f $foo_depth)



    # mkdir target and mv dir there

    target="${secondary}/${bar_name}/${foo}"

    mkdir -p "$target"

    mv "$dir"/* "$target"



    # as you mv the content of bar dir only,

    # you may want to remove the full path to that folder

    # rmdir -p will do that without deleting anything that is not empty,

    # we can ignore the "failed to remove" messages.

    [ $? = 0 ] && rmdir -p "${dir}"



done < <(find "$main" -type d -name "$bar_name")



# Turn off dotglob

shopt -u dotglob

edited Jan 9 at 8:56

answered Jan 8 at 14:35

RoVo

7,2211841

Thanks but my apologies since I messed up a bit. The 'sub' directory is not alone there and is a mix of files and folders that I intend to move. I've edited the question. Can you please edit your script? Really appreciated.

– Umer
Jan 9 at 7:39

I made an update.

– RoVo
Jan 9 at 8:43

Thanks a lot. I'll try it out soon.

– Umer
Jan 9 at 8:56

Ah this works beautifully. Thanks a ton. :)

– Umer
Jan 9 at 9:08

add a comment |

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Some little script to achieve this:

# Set the variables

main="./main"

secondary="./secondary"

foo_depth=3

bar_depth=4

bar_name="bar"



# let * match hidden files

shopt -s dotglob



# Loop through find (which is declared after done)

while IFS= read -r dir; do



    # Read names of foo dir

    foo=$(printf '%s' "$dir" | cut -d'/' -f $foo_depth)



    # mkdir target and mv dir there

    target="${secondary}/${bar_name}/${foo}"

    mkdir -p "$target"

    mv "$dir"/* "$target"



    # as you mv the content of bar dir only,

    # you may want to remove the full path to that folder

    # rmdir -p will do that without deleting anything that is not empty,

    # we can ignore the "failed to remove" messages.

    [ $? = 0 ] && rmdir -p "${dir}"



done < <(find "$main" -type d -name "$bar_name")



# Turn off dotglob

shopt -u dotglob

edited Jan 9 at 8:56

answered Jan 8 at 14:35

RoVo

7,2211841

Thanks but my apologies since I messed up a bit. The 'sub' directory is not alone there and is a mix of files and folders that I intend to move. I've edited the question. Can you please edit your script? Really appreciated.

– Umer
Jan 9 at 7:39

I made an update.

– RoVo
Jan 9 at 8:43

Thanks a lot. I'll try it out soon.

– Umer
Jan 9 at 8:56

Ah this works beautifully. Thanks a ton. :)

– Umer
Jan 9 at 9:08

add a comment |

Some little script to achieve this:

# Set the variables

main="./main"

secondary="./secondary"

foo_depth=3

bar_depth=4

bar_name="bar"



# let * match hidden files

shopt -s dotglob



# Loop through find (which is declared after done)

while IFS= read -r dir; do



    # Read names of foo dir

    foo=$(printf '%s' "$dir" | cut -d'/' -f $foo_depth)



    # mkdir target and mv dir there

    target="${secondary}/${bar_name}/${foo}"

    mkdir -p "$target"

    mv "$dir"/* "$target"



    # as you mv the content of bar dir only,

    # you may want to remove the full path to that folder

    # rmdir -p will do that without deleting anything that is not empty,

    # we can ignore the "failed to remove" messages.

    [ $? = 0 ] && rmdir -p "${dir}"



done < <(find "$main" -type d -name "$bar_name")



# Turn off dotglob

shopt -u dotglob

edited Jan 9 at 8:56

answered Jan 8 at 14:35

RoVo

7,2211841

Thanks but my apologies since I messed up a bit. The 'sub' directory is not alone there and is a mix of files and folders that I intend to move. I've edited the question. Can you please edit your script? Really appreciated.

– Umer
Jan 9 at 7:39

I made an update.

– RoVo
Jan 9 at 8:43

Thanks a lot. I'll try it out soon.

– Umer
Jan 9 at 8:56

Ah this works beautifully. Thanks a ton. :)

– Umer
Jan 9 at 9:08

add a comment |

Some little script to achieve this:

# Set the variables

main="./main"

secondary="./secondary"

foo_depth=3

bar_depth=4

bar_name="bar"



# let * match hidden files

shopt -s dotglob



# Loop through find (which is declared after done)

while IFS= read -r dir; do



    # Read names of foo dir

    foo=$(printf '%s' "$dir" | cut -d'/' -f $foo_depth)



    # mkdir target and mv dir there

    target="${secondary}/${bar_name}/${foo}"

    mkdir -p "$target"

    mv "$dir"/* "$target"



    # as you mv the content of bar dir only,

    # you may want to remove the full path to that folder

    # rmdir -p will do that without deleting anything that is not empty,

    # we can ignore the "failed to remove" messages.

    [ $? = 0 ] && rmdir -p "${dir}"



done < <(find "$main" -type d -name "$bar_name")



# Turn off dotglob

shopt -u dotglob

edited Jan 9 at 8:56

answered Jan 8 at 14:35

RoVo

7,2211841

Some little script to achieve this:

# Set the variables

main="./main"

secondary="./secondary"

foo_depth=3

bar_depth=4

bar_name="bar"



# let * match hidden files

shopt -s dotglob



# Loop through find (which is declared after done)

while IFS= read -r dir; do



    # Read names of foo dir

    foo=$(printf '%s' "$dir" | cut -d'/' -f $foo_depth)



    # mkdir target and mv dir there

    target="${secondary}/${bar_name}/${foo}"

    mkdir -p "$target"

    mv "$dir"/* "$target"



    # as you mv the content of bar dir only,

    # you may want to remove the full path to that folder

    # rmdir -p will do that without deleting anything that is not empty,

    # we can ignore the "failed to remove" messages.

    [ $? = 0 ] && rmdir -p "${dir}"



done < <(find "$main" -type d -name "$bar_name")



# Turn off dotglob

shopt -u dotglob

edited Jan 9 at 8:56

answered Jan 8 at 14:35

RoVo

7,2211841

edited Jan 9 at 8:56

answered Jan 8 at 14:35

RoVo

7,2211841

answered Jan 8 at 14:35

RoVo

7,2211841

answered Jan 8 at 14:35

RoVo

7,2211841

Thanks but my apologies since I messed up a bit. The 'sub' directory is not alone there and is a mix of files and folders that I intend to move. I've edited the question. Can you please edit your script? Really appreciated.

– Umer
Jan 9 at 7:39

I made an update.

– RoVo
Jan 9 at 8:43

Thanks a lot. I'll try it out soon.

– Umer
Jan 9 at 8:56

Ah this works beautifully. Thanks a ton. :)

– Umer
Jan 9 at 9:08

add a comment |

Thanks but my apologies since I messed up a bit. The 'sub' directory is not alone there and is a mix of files and folders that I intend to move. I've edited the question. Can you please edit your script? Really appreciated.

– Umer
Jan 9 at 7:39

I made an update.

– RoVo
Jan 9 at 8:43

Thanks a lot. I'll try it out soon.

– Umer
Jan 9 at 8:56

Ah this works beautifully. Thanks a ton. :)

– Umer
Jan 9 at 9:08

Thanks but my apologies since I messed up a bit. The 'sub' directory is not alone there and is a mix of files and folders that I intend to move. I've edited the question. Can you please edit your script? Really appreciated.

– Umer
Jan 9 at 7:39

I made an update.

– RoVo
Jan 9 at 8:43

Thanks a lot. I'll try it out soon.

– Umer
Jan 9 at 8:56

Ah this works beautifully. Thanks a ton. :)

– Umer
Jan 9 at 9:08

add a comment |

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