Notes

#FILE SORTING SCRIPT

cd ~ #starts at the home directory

mkdir sorted_files #makes directory sorted_files

unzip ~/coursework/unsorted_files.zip -d ~/sorted_files #unzips the unsorted_files zip file into the user's home directory

cd sorted_files #changes to directory sorted_files

echo ENTER YOUR THREE FILE TYPES #prompts user input

read TYPE1 TYPE2 TYPE3 #reads the user's three inputs and assigns them to Strings TYPE1, TYPE2, TYPE3

mkdir $TYPE1 $TYPE2 $TYPE3 #makes three directories based on user input types

cd unsorted_files #changes to unsorted_files directory

mv *.$TYPE1 ~/sorted_files/$TYPE1 #moves all files ending in .TYPE1 to the corresponding directory

mv *.$TYPE2 ~/sorted_files/$TYPE2 #moves all files ending in .TYPE2 to the corresponding directory

mv *.$TYPE3 ~/sorted_files/$TYPE3 #moves all files ending in .TYPE3 to the corresponding directory

cd .. #changes to parent directory (sorted_files)

mv unsorted_files misc #all remaining unsorted files are moved into a new directory, misc

ls -hs -S ~/sorted_files/$TYPE1 > $TYPE1.txt #lists all the files in TYPE1 directory by size order, in human format and writes them to a new text file - TYPE1.txt

mv $TYPE1.txt $TYPE1 #moves TYPE1.txt to the TYPE1 directory

ls -hs -S ~/sorted_files/$TYPE2 > $TYPE2.txt #lists all the files in TYPE2 directory size order, in human format and writes them to a new text file - TYPE2.txt

mv $TYPE2.txt $TYPE2 #moves TYPE2.txt to the TYPE2 directory

ls -hs -S ~/sorted_files/$TYPE3 > $TYPE3.txt #lists all the files in TYPE3 directory by size order, in human format and writes them to a new text file - TYPE3.txt

mv $TYPE3.txt $TYPE3 #moves TYPE3.txt to the TYPE3 directory

ls -hs -S ~/sorted_files/misc > misc.txt #lists all the files in misc directory by size order, in human format and writes them to a new text file - misc.txt

mv misc.txt misc #moves misc.txt to the misc directory

cat >> all_files.txt << STOP
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------These are the $TYPE1 files------
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STOP #creates a new text file called all_files.txt and writes to it a formatted header for the TYPE1 files

ls -r $TYPE1 >> all_files.txt #appends the list of contents of TYPE1 directory to all_files.txt

cat >> all_files.txt << STOP
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------These are the $TYPE2 files-------
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STOP #appends a formatted header for the TYPE2 files to all_files.txt

ls -r $TYPE2 >> all_files.txt #appends the list of contents of TYPE2 directory to all_files.txt

cat >> all_files.txt << STOP
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------These are the $TYPE3 files-------
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STOP #appends a formatted header for the TYPE3 files to all_files.txt

ls -r $TYPE3 >> all_files.txt #appends the list of contents of TYPE3 directory to all_files.txt

cat >> all_files.txt << STOP
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------These are the misc files------
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STOP #appends a formatted header for the misc files to all_files.txt

ls -r misc >> all_files.txt #appends the list of contents of misc directory to all_files.txt

echo Files successfully processed. #tells the user that the script is finished executing