#!/bin/sh # can improve by passing $@ to functions, but seems need bashism, or abandon functions # maybe seperate find extension part and output names as another script with options of recursive or not # maybe add option for using ln instead of mv # references: # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1842254/how-can-i-find-all-of-the-distinct-file-extensions-in-a-folder-hierarchy # not sure if find here need -depth, not sure if mv here need -n and -T outdir () { find . -type f -exec mv -nt "$PWD" -- '{}' \+ find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -delete } # may further optimize by output file extension names to a variable and use it for both mkdir and mv, current is fast enough for me # maybe better if make all uppercase to lowercase, is it possible to use awk for that? indir () { find . -maxdepth 1 -type f | awk -F. '!a[$NF]++{print $NF}' | xargs mkdir -- find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec basename -az -- '{}' \+ | xargs -0 -I _ find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*._' -exec mv -t '_' -- '{}' \+ } case "$1" in '-o') outdir;; '-i') indir;; *) outdir; indir;; esac