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From: Alejandro Pulver <alejandro@varnet.biz>
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Subject: Re: Scripting help
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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