Question : Use bash script to move all files in home directories.

I have a ftp server that people upload files to in /home/username.

I need a bash script to move files from their home directory to the correct directory.

I will be adding future users so the script must recognize new user folders as they appear.

Under each user directory we have the following folders
normalvideo
widescreen16x9
widescreen3x2
audio
podcastvideo

So the script should look at all the folders in /home and make a list of the usernames then move them according to this for each username

mv /home/username/normalvideo/*.* /home/smartdata/www/html/files/encode/mp4
mv /home/username/widescreen16x9/*.* /home/smartdata/www/html/files/encode/mp4
mv /home/username/widescreen3x2//*.* /home/smartdata/www/html/files/encode/mp4
mv /home/username/audio/*.* /home/smartdata/files/www/html/encode/mp3
mv /home/username/podcastvideo/*.* /home/smartdata/files/www/html/encode/m4v

Thanks in advance!

Answer : Use bash script to move all files in home directories.

try

cd /home
ls | while read udir
do
   mv /home/$udir/normalvideo/*.* /home/smartdata/www/html/files/encode/mp4
   mv /home/$udir/widescreen16x9/*.* /home/smartdata/www/html/files/encode/mp4
   mv /home/$udir/widescreen3x2/*.* /home/smartdata/www/html/files/encode/mp4
   mv /home/$udir/audio/*.* /home/smartdata/files/www/html/encode/mp3
   mv /home/$udir/podcastvideo/*.* /home/smartdata/files/www/html/encode/m4v
done

I think the below will work as well

mv /home/*/normalvideo/*.* /home/smartdata/www/html/files/encode/mp4
mv /home/*/widescreen16x9/*.* /home/smartdata/www/html/files/encode/mp4
mv /home/*/widescreen3x2/*.* /home/smartdata/www/html/files/encode/mp4
mv /home/*/audio/*.* /home/smartdata/files/www/html/encode/mp3
mv /home/*/podcastvideo/*.* /home/smartdata/files/www/html/encode/m4v