Help with xargs

JimJim · #1 (**permalink**) 02-08-2005

Hi there,

I am trying to move around 3000 files from one directory to another. The mv command is complaining from too many arguments. I tried to use the xargs command but with no luck. Could some body provide help?

Regards

vgersh99 · #2 (**permalink**) 02-08-2005

something to be improved on:
(cd $SOURCE && tar cf - . ) | (cd $TARGET && tar xvfp -)

jyoung · #3 (**permalink**) 02-08-2005

Maybe this link will help:
xargs problem

zazzybob · #4 (**permalink**) 02-08-2005

You could also take a look at this. Just read the tar and cpio sections in your case.....

Cheers
ZB

thumsup9 · #5 (**permalink**) 02-08-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimJim

Hi there,

I am trying to move around 3000 files from one directory to another. The mv command is complaining from too many arguments. I tried to use the xargs command but with no luck. Could some body provide help?

Regards

I hope you dont have files greater than 2 gig size,in that case neither cpio nor tar works

If you want to copy the olddir directory hierarchy to newdir.

mkdir newdir
pax -rw olddir newdir

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