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Old 03-21-2011
Omitting directory
Hello,
Am trying to copy log files from one directory to other directory but the files are with date format i need it for some specific date

like this
Code:
find . -name 'log.2011020*' -exec cp ~/temp {} \;

but its displaying the below error
Code:
cp: omitting directory `/home/l828117/temp'
cp: omitting directory `/home/l828117/temp'
cp: omitting directory `/home/l828117/temp'
cp: omitting directory `/home/l828117/temp'
cp: omitting directory `/home/l828117/temp'
cp: omitting directory `/home/l828117/temp'
cp: omitting directory `/home/l828117/temp'
cp: omitting directory `/home/l828117/temp'
cp: omitting directory `/home/l828117/temp'
cp: omitting directory `/home/l828117/temp'
cp: omitting directory `/home/l828117/temp'
cp: omitting directory `/home/l828117/temp'

Please help on this


Regards
Thelak
Last edited by Franklin52; 03-21-2011 at 05:10 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 2  
Old 03-21-2011
I think you want something like this:
Code:
find . -name 'log.2011020*' -exec cp {} ~/temp \;

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thelakbe
# 3  
Old 03-21-2011
thanks alot its working fine
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