Re: Quick way to sort/renumber subdirectories?

I feel you will need to develop your own routines like "insert" and 
"remove" to get whole list and rename each element.



Narcis Garcia

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El 26/3/22 a les 1:47, [email protected] ha escrit:
> Hello. I have an odd query, and im wondering if you can help.
> 
> I've got a directory structure 3 levels deep, with 3-digit numbers
> 
> 
> 023/001/001/(list of files)
> 023/001/002/(list of files)
> 023/002/001/(list of files)
> 023/002/002/(list of files)
> 024/001/001/(list of files)
> 
> 
> num1 / num2 / num3 etc/..
> 
> Volume, issue, article, list of files in that article
> 
> The first two are fine, I'll not need to alter them when Ive set them.
> BUT, the 3rd level could have half a dozen numbers, a dozen.
> three-dozen etc.. (the highest number ive seen is in the 90's)
> 
> my question is, would there be an easy way to insert / renumber the
> 3rd level directory....
> 
> For example:
> 
> 023/001/013/(list of files)
> 023/001/014/(list of files)
> 023/001/015/(list of files)
> 023/001/016/(list of files)
> 
> 
> I want to insert a new directory in between 14 and 15 and then
> re-number the directories higher, up a number
> 
> EG
> 
> 023/001/013/(list of files)
> 023/001/014/(list of files)
> 023/001/014A/(list of files) << Inserted directory
> 023/001/015/(list of files)
> 023/001/016/(list of files)
> 
> renumbered:
> 
> 023/001/013/(list of files)
> 023/001/014/(list of files)
> 023/001/015/(list of files) << Inserted directory - was 14A
> 023/001/016/(list of files) - was 15
> 023/001/017/(list of files) - was 16.
> 
> (I could in theory include  000A and that will become  001 and
> everything else will go up a number)
> 
> OF COURSE, if i REMOVE 013, then the later numbers will REDUCE.
> 
> ISSUE: if I do add an "A" to the directory name, and I sort in
> ascending order, i assume 001A comes after 001.  How can I force
> sorting numerically, or alphabetically?
> 
> 
> ISSUE: If i do create a small routine, to check the 2nd level
> directory, locate a possible swap, and process ONE swap, and repeat
> until therea re no more swaps. How do i avoid the error with too many
> redirects - if ive got to check multiple times ?
> 
> if the URl changes - ?articlecheck=004  will that NOT get the redirect
> loop error if I next check ?articlecheck=005 ??
> 
> QUERY: is there a quick way to re-order / re-mumber directories with a
> single command (keeping the 3-digit directory names) ?? a possible PHP
> process I've not remembered ?
>