Creating numerous ranges or blocks of folders/directories?
I am looking for a way to create blocks of folders / directories from the command line or a script that will generate a top level folder titled "200000-209999" and then inside of that folder, sub-folders named thusly:
200000-200499
200500-200999
201000-201499
... etc ...
... etc ...
208500-208999
209000-209499
209500-209999
The naming is spaced like you see, and then I would want to set up the next batch of top-level/sub-folders, "210000-219999," "220000-229999," etc.
command-line scripting directory numeric-data
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I am looking for a way to create blocks of folders / directories from the command line or a script that will generate a top level folder titled "200000-209999" and then inside of that folder, sub-folders named thusly:
200000-200499
200500-200999
201000-201499
... etc ...
... etc ...
208500-208999
209000-209499
209500-209999
The naming is spaced like you see, and then I would want to set up the next batch of top-level/sub-folders, "210000-219999," "220000-229999," etc.
command-line scripting directory numeric-data
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How far does "etc" go?
– Jeff Schaller
1 hour ago
@JeffSchaller Incrementing by 500s?
– Sparhawk
1 hour ago
to infinity...and beyond? how many directories do we want?
– Jeff Schaller
1 hour ago
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I am looking for a way to create blocks of folders / directories from the command line or a script that will generate a top level folder titled "200000-209999" and then inside of that folder, sub-folders named thusly:
200000-200499
200500-200999
201000-201499
... etc ...
... etc ...
208500-208999
209000-209499
209500-209999
The naming is spaced like you see, and then I would want to set up the next batch of top-level/sub-folders, "210000-219999," "220000-229999," etc.
command-line scripting directory numeric-data
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I am looking for a way to create blocks of folders / directories from the command line or a script that will generate a top level folder titled "200000-209999" and then inside of that folder, sub-folders named thusly:
200000-200499
200500-200999
201000-201499
... etc ...
... etc ...
208500-208999
209000-209499
209500-209999
The naming is spaced like you see, and then I would want to set up the next batch of top-level/sub-folders, "210000-219999," "220000-229999," etc.
command-line scripting directory numeric-data
command-line scripting directory numeric-data
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How far does "etc" go?
– Jeff Schaller
1 hour ago
@JeffSchaller Incrementing by 500s?
– Sparhawk
1 hour ago
to infinity...and beyond? how many directories do we want?
– Jeff Schaller
1 hour ago
add a comment |
How far does "etc" go?
– Jeff Schaller
1 hour ago
@JeffSchaller Incrementing by 500s?
– Sparhawk
1 hour ago
to infinity...and beyond? how many directories do we want?
– Jeff Schaller
1 hour ago
How far does "etc" go?
– Jeff Schaller
1 hour ago
How far does "etc" go?
– Jeff Schaller
1 hour ago
@JeffSchaller Incrementing by 500s?
– Sparhawk
1 hour ago
@JeffSchaller Incrementing by 500s?
– Sparhawk
1 hour ago
to infinity...and beyond? how many directories do we want?
– Jeff Schaller
1 hour ago
to infinity...and beyond? how many directories do we want?
– Jeff Schaller
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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The simple shell approach is this:
$ i=200000; while [ "$i" -ne 210000 ];do echo ${i}-$((i+499)); i=$((i+500)); done
Replace echo with mkdir to create the actual folders. This loop should be executed in the directory where you intend to place the folders, so make sure you cd there first.
answered 1 hour ago
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
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The seq utility is one way to generate numbers:
for start in $(seq 200000 500 209000); do mkdir "${start}"-"$((start + 499))"; done
The syntax is seq start increment end.
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The simple shell approach is this:
$ i=200000; while [ "$i" -ne 210000 ];do echo ${i}-$((i+499)); i=$((i+500)); done
Replace echo with mkdir to create the actual folders. This loop should be executed in the directory where you intend to place the folders, so make sure you cd there first.
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The simple shell approach is this:
$ i=200000; while [ "$i" -ne 210000 ];do echo ${i}-$((i+499)); i=$((i+500)); done
Replace echo with mkdir to create the actual folders. This loop should be executed in the directory where you intend to place the folders, so make sure you cd there first.
answered 1 hour ago
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The simple shell approach is this:
$ i=200000; while [ "$i" -ne 210000 ];do echo ${i}-$((i+499)); i=$((i+500)); done
Replace echo with mkdir to create the actual folders. This loop should be executed in the directory where you intend to place the folders, so make sure you cd there first.
answered 1 hour ago
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
9,95532659
The simple shell approach is this:
$ i=200000; while [ "$i" -ne 210000 ];do echo ${i}-$((i+499)); i=$((i+500)); done
Replace echo with mkdir to create the actual folders. This loop should be executed in the directory where you intend to place the folders, so make sure you cd there first.
answered 1 hour ago
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9,95532659
answered 1 hour ago
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The seq utility is one way to generate numbers:
for start in $(seq 200000 500 209000); do mkdir "${start}"-"$((start + 499))"; done
The syntax is seq start increment end.
answered 1 hour ago
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The seq utility is one way to generate numbers:
for start in $(seq 200000 500 209000); do mkdir "${start}"-"$((start + 499))"; done
The syntax is seq start increment end.
answered 1 hour ago
Jeff SchallerJeff Schaller
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The seq utility is one way to generate numbers:
for start in $(seq 200000 500 209000); do mkdir "${start}"-"$((start + 499))"; done
The syntax is seq start increment end.
answered 1 hour ago
Jeff SchallerJeff Schaller
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The seq utility is one way to generate numbers:
for start in $(seq 200000 500 209000); do mkdir "${start}"-"$((start + 499))"; done
The syntax is seq start increment end.
answered 1 hour ago
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How far does "etc" go?
– Jeff Schaller
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@JeffSchaller Incrementing by 500s?
– Sparhawk
1 hour ago
to infinity...and beyond? how many directories do we want?
– Jeff Schaller
1 hour ago