Copying

Revision 3 as of 2010-10-16 21:38:39

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To copy

  • If many empty subdirectories and some has files then copy all files exept folders to other folder
    cd /problemfolder/
    find . -type f -print0 | xargs -I{} -0 cp {} ~/ForexampleDesktop/solutionfolder
    or simpler
    find problemfoldername -type f -exec cp {} solutionfolder/ \;
  • To find all specific type files and copy them without folders to one folder use
    find ~/FromPictures -name "*.jpg" -exec cp \{\} ~/ToAll_Pictures/ \;