User states number of files to move

[maxcrook]

Hi

I need a script that moves a number of files from one dir to another eg.

/mcrook/files/stuff

to

/mcrook/files

The user need to prompted to move n amount of files, the script then will only move n amount.

The files all begin with I but are unique in the rest of their format.

 

[MendotaGuy]

You don't specify which files to move, oldest, newest, alphabetically, etc. I use the ls command below, you can add the appropriate parameters to sort as desired.

Try this,
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#!/bin/ksh
FROMDIR=/mcrook/files/stuff
TODIR=/mcrook/files

print "How many files to move?"
read NUM

mv `ls $FROMDIR\I* | head -$NUM` $TODIR
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[maxcrook]

Thanks that is just what I needed - I do not need to specify the oldest, newest, alphabetically etc as they come in daily can always be processed in order.