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08-28-2011

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BASH script problem using find, ideas?

Hi, I'm trying to write a script to search through my computer and
find all .jpg files and put them all in a directory. So far I have
this:

Code:

for i in `find /home -name '*.jpg' ` ; do mv $i home/allen/Pictures/PicturesFound ; done

When I run it, I get this error (this is only part of it, it goes on
for a while)

Code:

mv: cannot stat `-': No such file or directory 
mv: cannot stat `A': No such file or directory 
mv: cannot stat `Decade': No such file or directory 
mv: cannot stat `of': No such file or directory 
mv: cannot stat `Hits': No such file or directory 
mv: cannot stat `(1969-1979)/front.jpg': No such file or directory 
mv: cannot stat `/home/allen/.local/share/Trash/files/2011/03/19/00.': 
No such file or directory 
mv: cannot stat `Protest': No such file or directory 
mv: cannot stat `The': No such file or directory 
mv: cannot stat `Hero': No such file or directory 
mv: cannot stat `-': No such file or directory 
mv: cannot stat `Scurrilous': No such file or directory 
mv: cannot stat `2011': No such file or directory

Any Ideas what's wrong? I'm new to BASH, obviously. Please don't
criticize me, and try not to change my whole code, as I know there are
probably way better ways to get what I want accomplished, I just want
to get this to work. Thanks very much! hope to get a reply.

Last edited by Franklin52; 08-29-2011 at 03:49 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for code and data samples, thank you

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i-ls(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   i-ls(1)

NAME

       i-ls - display file stat and checksum information for files

SYNOPSIS

       i-ls [-s] filename

       i-ls [-s] dirname

       Specify a filename for i-ls to examine, or specify a directory with dirname to examine all the files in the directory.

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       integrit records information about files in a database.	i-ls allows the user to see that information for live files.

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