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# 1  
Old 03-26-2015
RedHat Find and Copy file of specific location
Dear All,
I need to transfer all files present in one location to another but those files should be of specific extension like.

Find and copy all files of extension .xls, .pdf, .txt from location usr/tmp to location /per/Treat
# 2  
Old 03-26-2015
Please show what you have tried so far.
# 3  
Old 03-26-2015
RedHat
I tried below 2 things

Code:
ALL_ACC_EXTNS=(dat, txt, pdf)
for i in "${ALL_ACC_EXTNS[@]}"; do
cp ${Source}/*.$i $Destination
done

and second try with
Code:
ACC_EXT=".TXT$|.PDF$|.XLSX$"
find . -name $(echo $AACC_EXT) -type f -exec cp -t '$Destination' {} +

Both didn't work for me.
# 4  
Old 03-26-2015
You could try something like:
Code:
find .....  -name "*.txt" -o -name "*.pdf" -o -name "*.xls*" -exec cp .......

# 5  
Old 03-26-2015
Code:
sudo find . -regextype posix-extended -regex ".*\.(txt|xls|pdf)" -exec cp {} dest_dir \;

or

Code:
cp `find . | egrep "*\.(txt|pdf|xls)"` dest_dir

Find in conjunction with the period(.) will start looking from the current directory and prune the rest of the dirs. Meaning it will look in the cwd you are in. Then when it finds a folder it will look in that folder as well.

Find in conjunction with the forward slash(/) will start looking from the top of your directory tree.
Last edited by codecaine21; 03-26-2015 at 01:22 PM..
# 6  
Old 03-26-2015
RedHat
Actually I wanted to put all Extension in a Variable and then search it.

Code:
like ACC_EXT=".TXT$|.DOC$|.XLS$|.XLSX$|.DOCX$|.PDF$"

Would someone would be able to help. where i am wrong.

---------- Post updated at 11:36 AM ---------- Previous update was at 11:25 AM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by codecaine21
Code:
sudo find . -regextype posix-extended -regex ".*\.(txt|xls|pdf)" -exec cp {} dest_dir \;

or

Code:
cp `find . | egrep "*\.(txt|pdf|xls)"` dest_dir

Find in conjunction with the period(.) will start looking from the current directory and prune the rest of the dirs. Meaning it will look in the cwd you are in. Then when it finds a folder it will look in that folder as well.

Find in conjunction with the forward slash(/) will start looking from the top of your directory tree.

Actually I want to transfer from only one single dir. neither the top directory nor any prune required. Thanks for your reply.

looking forward for your reply.
# 7  
Old 03-26-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by yadavricky
Actually I wanted to put all Extension in a Variable and then search it.

Code:
like ACC_EXT=".TXT$|.DOC$|.XLS$|.XLSX$|.DOCX$|.PDF$"

Would someone would be able to help. where i am wrong.

---------- Post updated at 11:36 AM ---------- Previous update was at 11:25 AM ----------




Actually I want to transfer from only one single dir. neither the top directory nor any prune required. Thanks for your reply.

looking forward for your reply.
Then do
Code:
sudo find dir_to_copy_from -regextype posix-extended -regex ".*\.(txt|xls|pdf)" -exec cp {} dir_to_copy_to \;

Example:
Code:
sudo find /home/codecaine21/Documents/ -regextype posix-extended -regex ".*\.(txt|xls|pdf)" -exec cp {} /home/codecaine21/Documents/Files/ \;

or

Code:
cp `find dir_to_copy_from  | egrep "*\.(txt|pdf|xls)"` dir_to_copy_to

Example:
Code:
cp `find /home/codecaine21/Documents/  | egrep "*\.(txt|pdf|xls)"` /home/codecaine21/Documents/Files/

You should read up on Bash programming. Your understanding of the fundamentals is a bit skewed.
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