Sort files in directory by extension with sortbyext

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sortbyext is a utility to help organise files into directories according to file extension. Directories are created. Empty files and directories will also be deleted. I cleaned up some drives and sub directories successfully. So may be someone can find a use for it too!

Usage: create executabe in path, /usr/sbin/sortbyext .... then open terminal in directory and type sortbyext

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#!/bin/sh
# by stemsee gpl v3.0
for i in *
do 
	[[ ! -d $(echo "$i" | rev | cut -f1 -d'.' | rev) ]] && mkdir -p $(echo "$i" | rev | cut -f1 -d'.' | rev)
	mv "$i" $(echo "$i" | rev | cut -f1 -d'.' | rev)/
done
for i in *
do 
	[ -d "$i" ] && find "$i" -type d -empty -delete || find "$i" -type f -empty -delete
done