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linuxbashmkdirmv

mkdir with ascending sequential suffix and mv one file into each folder

ls -1 | sort -V > txt_list

and

cat txt_list

gives

ASOFJ.txt
BJWIF.txt
CWORI.txt
...

I want to mkdir with suffix in ascending order like folder_1, folder_2, folder_3

and mv ASOFJ.txt folder_1 , mv BJWIF.txt folder_2, mv CWORI.txt folder_3

I have tried

num=0 ; while read p ; do ( num=$(expr $num + 1) && mkdir "folder_"$num && mv $p "folder_"$num ) ; done < txt_list

But it didn't work.

Do you have any idea on a one-liner that executes the above?

Thanks.

Solution 
  • let c=0; for i in $('ls'); do c=$((c+1)); mkdir -p folder_$c; mv $i folder_$c; done

    This should do it, I think.

    Explanation:

    • define variable c
    • go over each element in ls
      • add 1 to c
      • create folder with suffix c
      • move element to folder