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Old 09-18-2014
How to move the files older than x days with similar directory structure?

Hello,

I need to move all the files inside /XYZ (has multi-depth sub directories) that are older than 14 days to/ABC directory but with retaining the SAME directory structure.

for example:
/XYZ/1/2/3/A/b.txt should be moved as /ABC/1/2/3/A/b.txt

I know about find /XYZ -type f -mtime +14 -exec mv {} /ABC \; but it would NOT retain the directory structure.

I thought of backing up whole /XYZ to /ABC and then delete recent 14 days' files from /ABC and all files older than 14 days from /XYZ but I find it very inefficient.

Appreciate any help. Thanks!
 

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