As i am a dummy in shell scripting ,i was trying to find the files which are created today and hold them in variable and the copy them to a location using a partcular command this is what did. can any one help.There may be many files under the path
Hi,
I need to find files in a directory, between dates like 4/15/06 and 5/02/06, and copy them to a different directory. Is there a way to doa find and a copy together?
Thanks,
Neil (1 Reply)
I am trying to search for files and copy them into a text file. Can anybody help me how to do that.
find /test/sds/data -name "*.*" -mtime -365 -exec ls -altr {} \
this is my find command and want to copy the result to a file. (2 Replies)
Hi Gang, I am an old unix user and just recently returned in the flavor of a Mac. I have tons of pictures in the .orf format and would like to write a script to:
Search the Hard drives for that file type
Then, depending on date, copy it to a specific folder
If there is an exact... (2 Replies)
Ok i have three directories
Destination - /u/dir1 (has subdirectories dir2 which also has subdirectory dir3)
Source1 - /u/test/files/dir1/dir2/dir3
Source2 - /u/out/images/dir1/dir2/dir3
What i would like to do is copy everything from Source1 and Source2 into the Destination directory.... (3 Replies)
I must write any shell script.
I want find files which have .txt extension and then copy them to other, whithout this extension, for example:
I found linux.out.txt file, and now it must be copy to new, linux.out.
So: linux.out.txt -> linux.out
ubuntu.config.txt -> ubuntu.config
... (4 Replies)
I entered the following command
find . -type f \( -newer startdate -a ! -newer enddate \) -exec cp tmp {} \;
I got the following error:
cp: 0653-436 tmp is a directory.
Specify -r or -R to copy.
What's happening here? (2 Replies)
> Advice please as much as possible to fill in large file in various folder to the server
> Folder structure
/www/1.org/htdocs
/www/2.org/htdocs
/www/3.org/htdocs
> Can tell me there is a way to fill in large file into htdocs, and then climb
> In each Diru and load for a long time. Thank you (1 Reply)
RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.4
I have some files with the extension .cdp in several directories in various mountpoints(filesystems) . I would like to find and copy all these files into a single directory /u03/diagnore/data.
How can I do this ? (3 Replies)
I am looking to do the following:
In a folder with multiple files in it, take the listing (ls) and search another directory for there file names, then take that output and copy the files out.
This is to update a webpage. So a dev writes a new file and puts it in an update folder then i copy... (7 Replies)
I am trying to copy only the date specific folders/directories using the following command. However, the following copy command is also copying files from the root folder (OriginalFolder).
find /OriginalFolder/ -type -d \{ -mtime 1 -o -mtime 2 \ } -exec cp -R {} /CopyTo/'hostname'__CopyTo/ \;... (2 Replies)
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cp
CP(1) FSF CP(1)NAME
cp - copy files and directories
SYNOPSIS
cp [OPTION]... SOURCE DEST
cp [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY
cp [OPTION]... --target-directory=DIRECTORY SOURCE...
DESCRIPTION
Copy SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-a, --archive
same as -dpR
--backup[=CONTROL]
make a backup of each existing destination file
-b like --backup but does not accept an argument
--copy-contents
copy contents of special files when recursive
-d same as --no-dereference --preserve=link
--no-dereference
never follow symbolic links
-f, --force
if an existing destination file cannot be opened, remove it and try again
-i, --interactive
prompt before overwrite
-H follow command-line symbolic links
-l, --link
link files instead of copying
-L, --dereference
always follow symbolic links
-p same as --preserve=mode,ownership,timestamps
--preserve[=ATTR_LIST]
preserve the specified attributes (default: mode,ownership,timestamps), if possible additional attributes: links, all
--no-preserve=ATTR_LIST
don't preserve the specified attributes
--parents
append source path to DIRECTORY
-P same as `--no-dereference'
-R, -r, --recursive
copy directories recursively
--remove-destination
remove each existing destination file before attempting to open it (contrast with --force)
--reply={yes,no,query}
specify how to handle the prompt about an existing destination file
--sparse=WHEN
control creation of sparse files
--strip-trailing-slashes remove any trailing slashes from each SOURCE
argument
-s, --symbolic-link
make symbolic links instead of copying
-S, --suffix=SUFFIX
override the usual backup suffix
--target-directory=DIRECTORY
move all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY
-u, --update
copy only when the SOURCE file is newer than the destination file or when the destination file is missing
-v, --verbose
explain what is being done
-x, --one-file-system
stay on this file system
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
By default, sparse SOURCE files are detected by a crude heuristic and the corresponding DEST file is made sparse as well. That is the
behavior selected by --sparse=auto. Specify --sparse=always to create a sparse DEST file whenever the SOURCE file contains a long enough
sequence of zero bytes. Use --sparse=never to inhibit creation of sparse files.
The backup suffix is `~', unless set with --suffix or SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX. The version control method may be selected via the --backup
option or through the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable. Here are the values:
none, off
never make backups (even if --backup is given)
numbered, t
make numbered backups
existing, nil
numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise
simple, never
always make simple backups
As a special case, cp makes a backup of SOURCE when the force and backup options are given and SOURCE and DEST are the same name for an
existing, regular file.
AUTHOR
Written by Torbjorn Granlund, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for cp is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and cp programs are properly installed at your site, the com-
mand
info cp
should give you access to the complete manual.
cp (coreutils) 4.5.3 February 2003 CP(1)