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Operating Systems Linux copying all files except those with certain extension Post 302252550 by Annihilannic on Wednesday 29th of October 2008 07:56:08 PM
Old 10-29-2008
That doesn't work because scp does not accept a list of filenames from standard input.

To copy the files to another system it's better to convert the files into a stream format of some kind, such as a cpio or tar archive, pipe them through an ssh connection, and then extract them from the stream at the other end, e.g.

Code:
cd /some/work/area/ && find . \( ! -name "*.txt" \) -type f | cpio -o | ssh user@www.domain.com 'cd /home/user/some_folder && cpio -ivdm'

Note that I used cd to change into the respective directories so that the paths stored in the cpio archive are relative, not full paths.
 

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cpio.h(3HEAD)                                                         Headers                                                        cpio.h(3HEAD)

NAME
cpio.h, cpio - cpio archive values SYNOPSIS
#include <cpio.h> DESCRIPTION
Values needed by the c_mode field of the cpio archive format are described as follows: Name Description C_IRUSR Read by owner C_IWUSR Write by owner C_IXUSR Execute by owner C_IRGRP Read by group C_IWGRP Write by group C_IXGRP Execute by group C_IROTH Read by others C_IWOTH Write by others C_IXOTH Execute by others C_ISUID Set user ID C_ISGID Set group ID C_ISVTX On directories, restricted deletion flag C_ISDIR Directory C_ISFIFO FIFO C_ISREG Regular file C_ISBLK Block special C_ISCHR Character special C_ISCTG Reserved C_ISLNK Symbolic link C_ISSOCK Socket The header defines the symbolic constant: MAGIC "070707" ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
pax(1), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.10 10 Sep 2004 cpio.h(3HEAD)
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