[plug] Mass moving files with a script

[Timothy White]

>
> Totally untested...

And it showed :p
Try the following

#!/bin/bash
NEW_ROOT="/tmp/new"
for dir in *
        do pushd $dir
        for files in *
                do newdir=`echo $files | cut -d - -f 1`
                mkdir -p $NEW_ROOT/$newdir
                mv -i $files $NEW_ROOT/$newdir/
        done
        popd
done


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