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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting BASH script problem using find, ideas? Post 302550924 by FortressPTH on Sunday 28th of August 2011 08:19:48 PM
Old 08-28-2011
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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NAME

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SYNOPSIS

       mrename 'pattern' prefix [option]

DESCRIPTION

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       mrename is a tool for easy and automatic renaming of many files.  The 'pattern' is the pattern to search files to rename (quoted  to  avoid
       that  bash  resolve  it),  and prefix is the prefix that will be added to the name of each file. The two alternative options for copying or
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