find command

ali560045 · #1 (**permalink**) 1 Week Ago

how to move list of all files to a dir :

i have some 100 of may 1st files. how to copy them to a dir.

jim mcnamara · #2 (**permalink**) 1 Week Ago

One way
[code]
find . -name 'some_MAY_1*' |\
while read file
do
cp $file /path/to/destination/
done [code]

royalibrahim · #3 (**permalink**) 1 Week Ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by jim mcnamara

One way
[code]
find . -name 'some_MAY_1*' |\
while read file
do
cp $file /path/to/destination/
done [code]

can be done as short as

Code:

find . -name 'some_MAY_1*' -exec cp {} /path/to/destination \;

if it's a directory, use 'cp -r'

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