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<blockquote data-quote="dmuncy" data-source="post: 1686666" data-attributes="member: 364510">Hello All, For the past year I've been using the following script to compile files into folders using Terminal. I deal with thousands of files so it helps out a lot. Pretty much if I have the following files:filename1.mp4filename1.txtfilename1.vttfilename2.mp4filename2.txtfilename2.vttIt will create folders with those files compiled inside of them such as:filename1&nbsp; &nbsp; filename1.mp4&nbsp; &nbsp; filename1.txt&nbsp; &nbsp; filename1.vttfilename2&nbsp; &nbsp; filename2.mp4&nbsp; &nbsp; filename2.txt&nbsp; &nbsp; filename2.vttThe code was working last week, but today it's giving me errors. Here is the code:find -iname \*asx -or -iname \*clean.txt -or -iname \*dvdIt.txt -or -iname \*.qt.\* -or -iname \*.rt\* -or -iname \*scc -or -iname \*sdf -or -iname \*smi -or -iname \*srt -or -iname \*stl | xargs rm -rffind . -type f -print |while read -r pathname; do&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; filename=${pathname##*/}&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; case &quot;$filename&quot; in&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; *_hi* | *_med* | *_lo*)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; # strip off last underscore and following chars&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; new_dirname=${filename%_*}*&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ;;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; *)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; # strip off first dot and following chars&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; new_dirname=${filename%%.*}*&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ;;&nbsp; &nbsp; esac&nbsp; &nbsp; mkdir -p &quot;../$new_dirname&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; mv &quot;$pathname&quot; &quot;../$new_dirname/$filename&quot;doneHere are the errors that I am getting:dmuncy-m1:~ dmuncy$ cd /Users/dmuncy/Desktop/bin/sourcedmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ find -iname \*asx -or -iname \*clean.txt -or -iname \*dvdIt.txt -or -iname \*.qt.\* -or -iname \*.rt\* -or -iname \*scc -or -iname \*sdf -or -iname \*smi -or -iname \*srt -or -iname \*stl | xargs rm -rffind: illegal option -- iusage: find [-H | -L | -P] [-EXdsx] [-f path] path ... [expression]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; find [-H | -L | -P] [-EXdsx] -f path [path ...] [expression]dmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ find . -type f -print |&gt; while read -r pathname; do&gt; * * filename=${pathname##*/}&gt; * * case &quot;$filename&quot; in&gt; * * * * *_hi* | *_med* | *_lo*)-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `)'dmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ * * * * * * # strip off last underscore and following chars-bash: *: command not founddmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ * * * * * * new_dirname=${filename%_*}*-bash: *: command not founddmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ * * * * * * ;;-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;;'dmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ * * * * *)-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `)'dmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ * * * * * * # strip off first dot and following chars-bash: *: command not founddmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ * * * * * * new_dirname=${filename%%.*}*-bash: *: command not founddmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ * * * * * * ;;-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;;'dmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ * * esac-bash: *: command not founddmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ * * mkdir -p &quot;../$new_dirname&quot;-bash: *: command not founddmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ * * mv &quot;$pathname&quot; &quot;../$new_dirname/$filename&quot;-bash: *: command not founddmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ done-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `done'dmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ Does anyone have an idea on why the code might have stopped working suddenly?Thanks for any help you might be able to give me!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dmuncy, post: 1686666, member: 364510"] Hello All, For the past year I've been using the following script to compile files into folders using Terminal. I deal with thousands of files so it helps out a lot. Pretty much if I have the following files: filename1.mp4 filename1.txt filename1.vtt filename2.mp4 filename2.txt filename2.vtt It will create folders with those files compiled inside of them such as: [B]filename1[/B] filename1.mp4 filename1.txt filename1.vtt [B]filename2[/B] filename2.mp4 filename2.txt filename2.vtt The code was working last week, but today it's giving me errors. Here is the code: find -iname \*asx -or -iname \*clean.txt -or -iname \*dvdIt.txt -or -iname \*.qt.\* -or -iname \*.rt\* -or -iname \*scc -or -iname \*sdf -or -iname \*smi -or -iname \*srt -or -iname \*stl | xargs rm -rf find . -type f -print | while read -r pathname; do filename=${pathname##*/} case "$filename" in *_hi* | *_med* | *_lo*) # strip off last underscore and following chars new_dirname=${filename%_*}* ;; *) # strip off first dot and following chars new_dirname=${filename%%.*}* ;; esac mkdir -p "../$new_dirname" mv "$pathname" "../$new_dirname/$filename" done Here are the errors that I am getting: dmuncy-m1:~ dmuncy$ cd /Users/dmuncy/Desktop/bin/source dmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ find -iname \*asx -or -iname \*clean.txt -or -iname \*dvdIt.txt -or -iname \*.qt.\* -or -iname \*.rt\* -or -iname \*scc -or -iname \*sdf -or -iname \*smi -or -iname \*srt -or -iname \*stl | xargs rm -rf find: illegal option -- i usage: find [-H | -L | -P] [-EXdsx] [-f path] path ... [expression] find [-H | -L | -P] [-EXdsx] -f path [path ...] [expression] dmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ find . -type f -print | > while read -r pathname; do > * * filename=${pathname##*/} > * * case "$filename" in > * * * * *_hi* | *_med* | *_lo*) -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `)' dmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ * * * * * * # strip off last underscore and following chars -bash: *: command not found dmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ * * * * * * new_dirname=${filename%_*}* -bash: *: command not found dmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ * * * * * * ;; -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;;' dmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ * * * * *) -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `)' dmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ * * * * * * # strip off first dot and following chars -bash: *: command not found dmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ * * * * * * new_dirname=${filename%%.*}* -bash: *: command not found dmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ * * * * * * ;; -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;;' dmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ * * esac -bash: *: command not found dmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ * * mkdir -p "../$new_dirname" -bash: *: command not found dmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ * * mv "$pathname" "../$new_dirname/$filename" -bash: *: command not found dmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ done -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `done' dmuncy-m1:source dmuncy$ Does anyone have an idea on why the code might have stopped working suddenly? Thanks for any help you might be able to give me! [/QUOTE]

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