moving files from one directory to multiple folders

Hello all,

I am a first-time poster, long-time reader. I am also new to Matlab.

I have multiple files in one directory. The file names are date_specimen_experiment001xy01.tif. The experiment number changes with a max of 720 (_experiment001xy01,_experiment002xy01,etc). The xy position change with a max of 10 (_experiment001xy01,_experiment001xy02,etc). I want to move files (_experiment001xy01 to _experiment001xy10) into folder 1. I then want to sequentially do this for all 720 experiments. The end product should be 720 folders with 10 files in each folder.

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Try something like

inputFile = '_experiment001xy01.tif';
[inputFolder, baseFileName, ext] = fileparts(inputFile)
exptNum = str2double(baseFileName(12:14))
outputFolder = fullfile(inputFolder, num2str(exptNum))
if ~exist(outputFolder, 'dir')
  mkdir(outputFolder);
end
destinationFile = fullfile(outputFolder, baseFileName);
copyfile(inputFile, destinationFile);

repeat for all files using code from the FAQ: http://matlab.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#How_can_I_process_a_sequence_of_files.3F