file sorting into sub folder
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Hello,inside my folder i have files in which the first the name before _0 or _1 represent the category. how could i recognize all the files of the same category and put them into their own a new sub folder.
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Jos (10584)
on 21 Feb 2017
Why use matlab for this? Just call the OS
mkdir('cat_1')
system('mv *_1.txt cat_1/.') % linux
dos('move *_1.txt cat_1\.;) % windows
but, you might take a look at movefile
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