bash - creating a unix script to sort and process files -

situation:

i have folder on desktop named unsorted_files contains approximately 1gb of varying file types (jpg,gif,docx,png, wav,mid,csv) etc etc.

in addition this, have 3 further directories on desktop hold dedicated filetype (jpg,gif,docx).

the actual directory names these dedicated directories are:

jpgdirectory gifdirectory docxdirectory  

problem:

i create bash script can run through terminal on mac os 10.10.5 separate , process these files types unsorted_files folder , place them newly created directories dependant on file type.

ie. jpg files in folder unsorted_files upon execution of script sent jpgdirectory , gif files dispatched gifdirectory

the 1 caveat is, file types out (jpgdirectory, gifdirectory, docxdirectory) must sent miscellaneous

how achieve objective bash script perspective or perhaps can done using solely terminal commands.

to automate mkdir , mv command in bash, put 'for' loop 1 below.

code:

#!/bin/bash  unsorted_path="/path/to/unsorted/dir" output_path="/path/to/output/dirs" type in $(cat filetypes.txt)    mkdir -p ${output_path}/${type}directory    mv ${unsorted_path}/*.${type} ${output_path}/${type}directory/ done 

the 'filetypes.txt' file list of file types, 1 per line such as:

jpg gif docx png wav mid csv 

you hardcode file types i.e.

#!/bin/bash  unsorted_path="/path/to/unsorted/dir" output_path="/path/to/output/dirs" type in jpg gif docx png wav mid csv    mkdir -p ${output_path}/${type}directory    mv ${unsorted_path}/*.${type} ${output_path}/${type}directory/ done 

hope helps!