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# 1  
Old 03-26-2010
Expert cp command
How can I use the cp command to copy every file that I can find inside several folders

Code:
cp -R *test* folder

Supose there is
./122342343teste122343.txt
./bound/123teste1223453.txt
./feed/123teste1223453.txt

and i want the files 122342343teste122343.txt, bound/123teste1223453.txt and feed/123teste1223453.txt to folder using one line of command.

Thanks !
Felipe
# 2  
Old 03-26-2010
Which OS?

./bound/123teste1223453.txt will overwrite ./feed/123teste1223453.txt in the target dir ...

Or you want to recreate the directory structure too?
# 3  
Old 03-26-2010
on unix, there are diferent files, but they have some key in the name that are equal.

I want to copy all files to one directory.

Tks
# 4  
Old 03-26-2010
On Unix ...

On some systems (GNU Linux, I'm not sure about BSD),
you could run the following command:

Code:
find -type f -name '*test*' -print0 |
  xargs -0 cp -t <dest_dir> --

Otherwise, it will be slow:

Code:
find . -type f -name '*test*' | 
  while IFS= read -r; do
    cp -- "$REPLY" <dest_dir>
  done

Or, of course, if the directory depth is known:

Code:
cp -- */*test* *test* <dest_dir>

# 5  
Old 03-26-2010
I tried the second one and the script did not look inside the folders, did not copy the files from others folders...


> find -type f -name '*test*' -print0 |
> xargs -0 cp -t filezip
xargs: illegal option -- 0
xargs: Usage: xargs: [-t] [-p] [-e[eofstr]] [-E eofstr] [-I replstr] [-i[replstr]] [-L #] [-l[#]] [-n # [-x]] [-s size] [cmd [args ...]]
find: illegal option -- t
find: [-H | -L] path-list predicate-list

and the seconds commands also did not copy the files ./bound/234test235.txt, ./feed/687est687.txt
# 6  
Old 03-27-2010
MySQL
you can try this:

Code:
 
find -name "*teste*" -type f | xargs cp -t folder/

And I cant see any error in radoulov's solutions.

Are you working on FreeBSD or MacOS?
Last edited by ygemici; 03-27-2010 at 11:26 AM..
# 7  
Old 03-29-2010
Deu erro.

Code:
find -name "*est*" -type f | xargs cp -t filezip/
find: illegal option -- n
find: [-H | -L] path-list predicate-list
cp: illegal option -- t
cp: Insufficient arguments (1)
Usage: cp [-f] [-i] [-p] [-@] f1 f2
       cp [-f] [-i] [-p] [-@] f1 ... fn d1
       cp -r|-R [-H|-L|-P] [-f] [-i] [-p] [-@] d1 ... dn-1 dn

I am on UNIX....
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