Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 14:31:40 -0300 From: Alejandro Pulver <alejandro@varnet.biz> To: racerx@makeworld.com Cc: FreeBSD - Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Scripting help Message-ID: <20050512143140.1c1301b5@ale.varnet.bsd> In-Reply-To: <42838801.1000507@makeworld.com> References: <42838801.1000507@makeworld.com>
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On Thu, 12 May 2005 11:44:49 -0500
Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> wrote:
> I would like some advice on how to script something that will search
> directories below a named root for all files ending with a certain
> file extension.
>
> Then, mv or cp them to another location.
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Chris
Hello,
Try this:
find /your/path -type f -name "*.tar" -exec cp {} /destination/dir \;
/your/path - put here the root path to operate on
-type f - type f means to search for "files"
-name "*.tar" - search for anything (*) ending in ".tar" (shell pattern)
-exec cp {} /destination/dir \; - execute the command "cp <file>
/destination/dir" replacing "<file>" with each file found (one at time).
The '\' is to escape the ';' (so it is not interpreted by the shell as a
command separator).
It is also posible to do much more complex functions with 'find'. For
more information see "man find".
Hope that helps.
Best Regards,
Ale
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