[cgjoker]

Okay, here is the question.

How do I parse a file with 'codes' in them, and based on file names in a directory, if the file name also has the same code, move that file to another directory.

The files name would be 02gr_text_CODE123_stuff.dat. There may be more than one file in this directory, so also another file by the name of 05_gr_text_CODE987 or 76gr_new_CODE456_morestuff.dat. The codes in the file would be CODE123 and CODE456.

Here is what I have come up with as a starting point...


val_file=/directory/err_campcd

while read -r line
do
for file in *
do
cd /codedirectory

code1=`ls | grep gr_text | cut -b3- | sed -e 's/gr_text_//g' | cut -c1-7`
code2=`ls | grep gr_new | cut -b3- | sed -e 's/gr_new_//g' | cut -c1-7`

if ${code1} -eq ${line}
then
echo "moving code1 rejected files"
elseif ${code2} -eq ${line}
echo "moving code2 rejected files"
else
echo "no rejected files"
fi


done

done < $val_file

[cgjoker]

here is what i came up with that works somewhat the way i need it to... id have to do one of these code blocks for each different file name but at least it works.

for file in `ls *gr_text*`
do
code=`echo $file | cut -b3- | sed -e 's/gr_text_//g' | cut -c1-7`
while read -r line
do
if [ ${line} = ${code} ]
then
echo "moving rejected files"
else
echo "no rejected files"
fi
done < $val_file
done

[AGCurry]

Your second example is pretty I/O-hungry. Assuming I understand your need correctly, here's my try:

destination=/this_is_where_the_files_will_be_moved_to
val_file=/directory/err_campcd

while read code
do

for file in ??gr_text${code}_*.dat
do
echo "moving $file"
mv $file $destination
done

done < $val_file

#learn to use your file-name metacharacters; they'll make your life easier!

If you don't mind error messages for nonexistent files, this is even simpler:

for code in $(<$val_file)
do
mv ??gr_text${code}_*.dat $destination
done

[cgjoker]

yup... after walking away from what i was doing and coming back to it an hour or so after, i realized i was going way more complicated then i needed to be.. here is what i came up with, somewhat similar i think to your last suggestion.

while read -r line
do
mv -f *${line}*.* /directory/.
done < $val_file

[AGCurry]

There ya go!