Awk stuffs, tried to categorize the ~/Downloads folder inside $HOME.

filter.awk

function _categorize(type,dir) {
    matches = ($9 ~ type)
    if(matches) {
	nlines++
	if(dir) {
	    query = sprintf("cp %s %s",$9,dir)
	    system(query)
	}
    }
}
BEGIN {
    nlines = 0
    _pattern[1,1]="[*\\.]pdf"
    _pattern[1,2]="~/personal/pdf/"
    _pattern[2,1]="[*\\.]zip"
    _pattern[2,2]="~/personal/zip/"
    _pattern[3,1]="[*\\.]tar[.]gz"
    _pattern[3,2]="~/personal/tars/"
}
{
    _categorize(_pattern[1,1],_pattern[1,2])
    _categorize(_pattern[2,1],_pattern[2,2])
    _categorize(_pattern[3,1],_pattern[3,2])
}
END {
    print nlines
}