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Old 12-16-2009
Help with find and copy command

I entered the following command

Code:
find . -type f \( -newer startdate -a ! -newer enddate \) -exec cp tmp {} \;

I got the following error:

cp: 0653-436 tmp is a directory.
Specify -r or -R to copy.

What's happening here?
# 2  
Old 12-16-2009
Code:
-exec cp tmp {} \;

Should be:

Code:
-exec cp {} tmp \;

assuming you want to copy the found files to the directory tmp.
# 3  
Old 12-16-2009
hmmmm....it worked.

Thanks.
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