How to move all audio files to other directory based on file content, ignoring the filename
This command will identify all audio files such as MP3s in a directory recursively using the file
command (looking for audio/*
MIME types) and move those to a different directory.
mkdir -p ../Audio && find . -type f -exec sh -c '
case $( file -bi "$1" ) in (audio/*) exit 0; esac
exit 1' sh {} \; -exec mv -v --backup=numbered {} ../Audio \;
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