file-rename.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Sorts songs of an FILE_TYPE and places them into appropriate folders
# where artist name is separated by SEPARATOR
#
# Also counts the total files copied.
#
# (C) Mirage 2017
#
FILE_TYPE=mp3
SEPARATOR=-
counter=0;
OLDPWD=`pwd`;
if [ ! -z "$1" ]; then
	cd "$1";
fi
while read song; do
	if [ -z "$song" ]; then break; fi
	counter=$(( counter + 1 ));
	echo "Processing $counter. [$song]"
	filename=$(basename "$song");
	artist=$(echo $filename | cut -d$SEPARATOR -f1 | awk '{$1=$1};1');
	if [ ! -d "$artist" ]; then
		echo "Directory $artist does not exist. creating..."
		mkdir "$artist";
	fi
  mv "$song" "$artist"/"$filename";
done < <(find . -d 1 -iname "*.$FILE_TYPE");
if [ $counter -eq 0 ]; then
	echo "No files in current directory. Usage: $0 <directory where files reside>";
else
	echo "Done copying $counter files"
fi
cd $OLDPWD;