Hi, I'm trying to write a script to search through my computer and
find all .jpg files and put them all in a directory. So far I have
this:
Code:
for i in `find /home -name '*.jpg' ` ; do mv $i home/allen/Pictures/PicturesFound ; done
When I run it, I get this error (this is only part of it, it goes on
for a while)
Code:
mv: cannot stat `-': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `A': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `Decade': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `of': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `Hits': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `(1969-1979)/front.jpg': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `/home/allen/.local/share/Trash/files/2011/03/19/00.':
No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `Protest': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `The': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `Hero': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `-': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `Scurrilous': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `2011': No such file or directory
Any Ideas what's wrong? I'm new to BASH, obviously. Please don't
criticize me, and try not to change my whole code, as I know there are
probably way better ways to get what I want accomplished, I just want
to get this to work. Thanks very much! hope to get a reply.
Last edited by Franklin52; 08-29-2011 at 04:49 AM..
Reason: Please use code tags for code and data samples, thank you
Unix shell doesn't work well with files with spaces with their names. Here you can read what's your problem and what you should do: BashPitfalls - Greg's Wiki
Btw, this site (their guide, faq and pitfalls) is the best place to learn bash.
Explanation:
the -prune strips out whatever has been found so far (ie it will filter the PicturesFound directory)
the -o is an OR operator that allows the next statement to work
-type f f is for files
-name *.jpg only jpgs
-exec runs a command
mv "{}" <directory> \; the {} is replaced with the file name found. The " allows for spaces. the \; ends the exec command.
You can run it with mv -i to be safe and confirm the mv before it does it just in case something goes crazy.
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