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Linux Bash command line routine for splitting large folders into folders of up to n files [useful for Github which doesn't allow more than 1000 files per folder]
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| let fileCount=1000 | |
| let dirNum=1 | |
| for f in * | |
| do | |
| [ -d $f ] && continue | |
| [ $fileCount -eq 1000 ] && { | |
| dir=$(printf "%03d" $dirNum) | |
| mkdir $dir | |
| let dirNum=$dirNum+1 | |
| let fileCount=0 | |
| } | |
| mv $f $dir | |
| let fileCount=$fileCount+1 | |
| done |
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From http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=976447