Move files to directories based on extension

Question

I am new to Linux. I am trying to write a shell script which will move files to certain folders based on their extension, like for example in my downloads f

Answer 1

I like this method:

#!/bin/bash                                                                                                                                                                                                 

for filename in *; do
  if [[ -f "$filename" ]]; then
      base=${filename%.*}
      ext=${filename#$base.}
    mkdir -p "${ext}"
    mv "$filename" "${ext}"
  fi
done