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Old 11-13-2009
Filter only gz files from list of subdirectories
Hi,

I have a very big directory structure that consists of many sub-directories inside.There are around 50 ".gz" files under this dir structure.

I want to copy all the gz files alone to a seperate location.

Plz help me.
# 2  
Old 11-13-2009
find all the files...

Code:
find . -iname '*.gz'

find, and copy all the files.

Code:
find . -iname '*.gz' -exec cp {} /tmp \;

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Old 11-13-2009
Thanks Boss, its working...
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