Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 16:33:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Andy Harrison <ah46@mlz.us> To: Martin Vana <martin.vana@vslib.cz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie question - how to pass textfile as an argument Message-ID: <XFMail.20031001163330.ah46@mlz.us> In-Reply-To: <20031001232109.0ae5bfd4.martin.vana@vslib.cz>
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On 01-Oct-2003, Martin Vana wrote message "newbie question - how to pass
textfile as an argument"
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> I was just wondering if there is a way how to pass a text file with list of
> path/files to
> programs like cp/mv.
AFAIK, you can't. You can, however, use something like the find command.
find /somedir -type f -name '*pattern*' -maxdepth 1 -exec mv {} newdir \;
(maxdepth 1 limits it to the current directory, otherwise it is recursive.)
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Andy Harrison
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