How to move some files from a series of folders to another series of folders at same directory level

Hi, I am processing dicom files (MRI, CT modalities) to be anonymized and have some fields of their metadata updated . The resulting anonymized dicom files are being stored in the same folder where the original files (with patient's real info) are. I want to move these newly created anonymized files to a new set of subfolders. These new subfolders are at the same directory level as the original subfolders are.

This is how the structure of the folders and subfolders are prior to run the mfile.

Parent_folder 
   Subfolder_MRI
       subfolder_1..has original dicom files
       subfolder_2..has original dicom files
       subfolder_n..has original dicom files

After running mfile, subfolders with similar names as the original subfolders are created at the same directory level.

Parent_folder      
   Subfolder_MRI                  
       subfolder_1..Contains original and Anonymized.dcm files                 
       subfolder_2                                      
       subfolder_n                     
   Case#_Anon_Subfolder_MRI
      Case#_Anon_subfolder_1..this is where I want to move Anonymized.dcm files from subfolder_1
      Case#_Anon_subfolder_2..this is where I want to move Anonymized.dcm files from subfolder_2
      Case#_Anon_subfolder_n..this is where I want to move Anonymized.dcm files from subfolder_n

For organization purposes, the anonymized files are renamed using the Case# and the name of the original subfolder. e.g Case#_subfolder1%s.dcm where %s changes value progressively as the loop runs through all original dicom files.

Thank you for any advice on how to do this!

[Saurabh Gupta]

This link should be helpful for managing files and folders using MATLAB.

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_env/manage-files-and-folders.html

Answer 1

[Natch Ruengsakulrach]

Hi Julio, you may find the function "mkdir" useful. Check out the examples in the "mkdir" doc page, particularly "Create a Subfolder in the Specified Parent Folder".

Alternatively, you could also use the "system" command to create folder. For example, system('mkdir ../Case#_Anon_Subfolder_MRI').