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Old 05-25-2010
copy files with new extension in same directory
I've been able to find all the extensionless files named photos using the command:

find /usr/local/apache/htdocs -name photos -print0

I need to copy those files to the name photos.php in their same directory.

I've found a bunch of xarg examples for moving to other directories but I wasn't sure how to keep them in their original directory. I also want to make sure that permissions and ownership remain the same.

Many thanks for any advice.
# 2  
Old 05-25-2010
How many files are you getting can you list all of them along with there name...!!!!
# 3  
Old 05-25-2010
Code:
find .... | xargs -I{} mv {} {}.php

(replace mv with cp if you want to copy, and not rename, the files)
# 4  
Old 05-25-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by scottn
Code:
find .... | xargs -I{} mv {} {}.php

(replace mv with cp if you want to copy, and not rename, the files)
When I ran:

find /usr/local/apache/htdocs -name photos -print0 | xargs -I{} cp {} {}.php

I got a "xargs: invalid option -- I".

Looks like I have an older version of xargs. Off to upgrade! Smilie
# 5  
Old 05-25-2010
Eeks! Try it with a lowercase i.

Code:
find .... | xargs -i mv {} {}.php

# 6  
Old 05-25-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by scottn
Eeks! Try it with a lowercase i.

Code:
find .... | xargs -i mv {} {}.php

Running
Code:
find /usr/local/apache/htdocs -name photos -print0 | xargs -i{} cp {} {}.php

gave me the following:

Code:
cp: `/usr/local/apache/htdocs/academy/73/photos' and `/usr/local/apache/htdocs/academy/73/photos' are the same file.

Smilie
Last edited by Scott; 05-25-2010 at 06:27 AM.. Reason: Code tags
# 7  
Old 05-25-2010
It's the old "it works for me" thing Smilie - but I didn't use the -print0 option (because AIX find doesn't support it!)

I don't know just how old your xargs is, but try either using -n1 with it, or removing the -print0 option from the find command.
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