How can I automatically put 1000 files into a new folder?

[kirky29]

So I have a folder, with about 100,000 images inside. I'd like to split them up into batches of either 1000 or 2000. How can I do this automatically? Without having to select 1000, right click > new folder etc?

Does anybody know of an app?

EDIT: Found one on the Mac App Store called Big Mean Folder Machine 2. It's £24.99, but worked flawlessly and did more than I originally wanted!

 

[Basic75]

Does anybody know of an app?

Of course, and it's even included with macOS!

#!/bin/bash

count=1

while [ `ls source | wc -w` != "0" ]; do
    mkdir destination$count && mv $(echo source/* | tr ' ' '\n' | sort | head -n 1000 | tr '\n' ' ') destination$count
    count=$((count+1))
done

rm -f source/.DS_Store
rmdir source

In case you haven't guessed yet, it's Terminal.app.

 

[Brian33]

Edit: oops, I suggested the same thing you said you didn't want to do! Sorry!