We have a directory with files in the following format.
[id].mp4
We also have a list of ID's in the form of a CSV file.
We need to move all files with the corresponding ID to a different directory.
Can someone please explain how to do this with a bash script?
it's easy, first of all extracts the IDs, and then moves the corresponding files to the desired directory.
something like this :
#!/bin/bash
csv_file="path/to/ids.csv"
source_dir="path/to/source"
destination_dir="path/to/destination"
while IFS=',' read -r id; do
#to remove double quotes from the ID
id=$(echo "$id" | tr -d '"')
file="${source_dir}/${id}.mp4"
if [[ -f "$file" ]]; then
mv "$file" "$destination_dir"
echo "Moved file $file to $destination_dir"
else
echo "File $file not found"
fi
done < "$csv_file"