#! /usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; die "usage: $0 " unless @ARGV == 1; chdir $ARGV[0] or die "chdir failed: $!"; my @files = grep { not /^(?:\.|\.\.)$/ } readdir '.'; my $i = 0; for (my $i = 0; @files; $i++) { mkdir $i or die "mkdir $i failed: $!"; for (splice @files, 0, 1000) { rename $_, "$i/$_" or die "rename $_ $i/$_ failed: $!"; } }