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Old 11-02-2012
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Hello everyone,

I'm new a to Linux command line. I was executing some commands to the data i have when i faced this problem.
I have a directory contanining thousands of files inside, with many many different names.

I wanted to pick the FILENAMES that contains '-1.mol' in thier name, and move them to another directory.

(Note: i actually could find the files i want using this command
Code:
$find -name '*-1.mol'

this command could select the files i wanted, but i couldn't move them into a new directory)
any ideas?

thanks
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Last edited by vbe; 11-02-2012 at 10:10 AM.. Reason: code tags...
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Old 11-02-2012
Try


Code:
find -name '*-1.mol' -exec mv {} /destination_path/ \;

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Old 11-02-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by pamu
Try


Code:
find -name '*-1.mol' -exec mv {} /destination_path/ \;

Your sir, are very kind! Smilie
Thanks
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