I have a rather large library of movies gathered over the years (all entirely legally I assure you officer). I’m in the process of setting up a Jellyfin server so I can stream them on the go.

Currently it’s just one folder full of individual files but Jellyfin wants each movie within it’s own folder.

Is there a command, or set of commands, that would do this all in one go? ie iterate my way through a folder, create a new folder with the same name as a file, move that file into this new folder and repeat a few hundred times.

I am using Cachy OS (arch) and have Dolphin and yazi as file managers if that helps. I guess a bash script would be the best way to achieve this but my skills are quite rusty.

  • Denjin@feddit.ukOP
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    19 hours ago

    The wiki advises a certain naming convention and folder structure (as linked by another user) and it’s a useful exercise in giving all my media a consistent structure as managing it personally has become a bit of a nightmare.