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Richard Torenvliet
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## Move Files to Separate Folders:
The motivation for this small bash script is that when you want to make a big
backup of files, let's say to google drive, dropbox, icloud etc., it can simply
take forever before your files are uploaded. In my case, I wanted to backup
32000 separate files (photo's) from an external drive directly to the cloud.
This can take a couple of days to be uploaded, so the idea is to create smaller
batches so that you can also turn your computer off and continue later.
So, I wanted to move / copy these separate 32000 files into separate folders of
size
`N`
.
## Usage
Make part directories of size 10 (default is 10 per folder)
> 10 files
~~~
shell
./mftsf.sh
-i
inputDir
-o
outputDir
~~~
Make part directories of size 500 (default is 10 per folder)
> 500 files
~~~
shell
./mftsf.sh
-i
inputDir
-o
outputDir
-n
500
~~~
An example of how this looks like:
~~~
shell
├── folder
(
here all your files are located
for
example
)
.
└── output
├── part_0
├── part_1000
├── part_1500
└── part_500
~~~
> Skip the first 100 and then make folders of size 100
~~~
shell
./mftsf.sh
-i
inputDir
-o
outputDir
-s
100
-n
100
~~~
## Disclaimer
I used this myself to make it work for my purpose, I'm not guaranteeing
anything for anyone else with respect to the result. I deliberately use the
`cp`
command instead of the
`mv`
because I don't want to remove files. With the
skip command you can easily start off.
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#!/bin/bash
N
=
50
0
N
=
1
0
#Set Script Name variable
SCRIPT
=
`
basename
${
BASH_SOURCE
[0]
}
`
function
HELP
{
echo
-e
\\
n
"Help documentation for
${
SCRIPT
}
."
\\
n
echo
-e
"Basic usage:
$SCRIPT
gradebook.zip
"
\\
n
echo
-e
"Basic usage:
$SCRIPT
-o <inputDir> <outputDir>
"
\\
n
echo
"Command line switches are optional. The following switches are
recognized."
echo
"-d --Set output directory.
${
BOLD
}
$OUTPUT_DIR
${
NORM
}
."
echo
-e
"-h --Displays this help message. No further functions
are performed."
\\
n
echo
"-i - Set input directory."
echo
"-o - Set output directory (here all part directories will be made.)"
echo
"-n - Set the size of all the part directories (how many files are
\
going to be put in the new directory)"
echo
"-s - How many files to skip until we start making directories and
\
moving files"
echo
-e
"-h - Displays this help message. No further functions are performed."
\\
n
echo
-e
"Example:
${
BOLD
}
$SCRIPT
-d assignment1
gradebook.zip
${
NORM
}
"
\\
n
exit
1
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@@ -30,12 +34,12 @@ skip=0
while
getopts
:i:o:n:s:h FLAG
;
do
case
$FLAG
in
s
)
skip
=
$OPTARG
;;
i
)
findDir
=
$OPTARG
;;
s
)
skip
=
$OPTARG
;;
o
)
outputDir
=
$OPTARG
;;
...
...
@@ -67,9 +71,10 @@ fi
echo
finddir
$findDir
echo
outputDir
$outputDir
# shift ops, all optional args are now removed $1 will have to be the filename
shift
$((
OPTIND-1
))
#
echo
"Creating folder '
$outputDir
' .. "
mkdir
-p
$outputDir
#
...
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