differentiate all the .c, .cpp, .h, and .obj files from a folder and put it in diffe

[mukesh941]

Hi m new learner to shell scripting

can any one give me idea to make a shell script that will differentiate all the .c, .cpp, .h, and .obj files from a folder and put it in different corresponding folders.

Thanks

[fiomba]

Hi mukesh941,
From the folder where your sources are...

# split_into_folders.sh
for i in c cpp h obj ; do
    mkdir "$i"Dir   2>/dev/null  # instead of testing  for the presence of folders
    echo "$i"Dir
    echo '--------------'
    ls -1 "$i"Dir/*."$i" 2>/dev/null
    cp *.$i "$i"Dir 2>/dev/null
    # mv *.$i "$i"Dir 2>/dev/null
    echo '===================================='
done

To be run from the aforementioned folder...

bash split_into_folders.sh

As you can see the script makes a copies in subfolders called
cDir, cppDir, hDir, objDir.
After testing the copy you can use mv...
Example of output (run from the Dir Forums):

cDir
--------------
cDir/cflow.c
====================================
shDir
--------------
shDir/loops.sh
shDir/pepe.sh
shDir/PTH.sh
shDir/SimpleQuery.sh
shDir/split_into_folders.sh
shDir/sum2.sh
shDir/sum3.sh
shDir/sum4.sh
shDir/sum.sh
====================================
cppDir
--------------
====================================
hDir
--------------
====================================
objDir
--------------
===================================

I added sh because I keep only c or sh sources
(I don't use C++ and I include only standard h files).
Bye