find + move if destination path does not exist


 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting find + move if destination path does not exist
# 1  
Old 06-20-2012
find + move if destination path does not exist

hi frnds,

please help ... what will happen with below command if destination path does not exist on the system....
Code:
find /var/adm/cft* -mtime +1 -exec mv {} /global/ \ in unix


its remove all my files from the system from soruce file ... how is it possbile

Last edited by Franklin52; 06-20-2012 at 07:56 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for data and code samples
# 2  
Old 06-20-2012
try this one.....

Code:
find /var/adm/cft -depth -name  "*"  -exec mv {} /global/ \;

Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

A file or directory in the path does not exist

I'm brand new to AIX and I looked up how to print this file and it was working but now I'm not able to do it all of a sudden. the file name is rom1.txt so this is what i wrote in the command line and I know I'm in the right directory. In bold is what I seem to be messing up with. prod @ root... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Dark0Prince
3 Replies

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Find if a directory exist from a list of the path

Hello, i want to script on sh to check from a path if the directory exist and isn't empty. I explain: path is : /aaa/bbb/ccc/ccc_name/ddd/ Where the cccc_name is in a list, so i think it's $1 My command find -name /aaa/bbb/ccc/$1/ddd/ didn't work because my $1 is the same and not... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: steiner
5 Replies

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Set variable to path that does not exist on local host

Can anyone suggest a workaround zone_5.org='/qaz/qwe/path/tns.osn' output /home/bingo/XXX_script.sh: line 180: zone_5.org=/qaz/qwe/path/tns.osn: no parent The path does not exist on the local machine, the allocation used to work till the server was upgraded. Red Hat Enterprise Linux... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: squrcles
2 Replies

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

How to find the one file and move destination using scripts in AIX?

I have run the one scripts the scripts is provide the two different format of output.How to getting the output. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: rajivgandhi
2 Replies

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

How to find the one file and move destination using scripts in AIX?

I have a script which has two output formats in which i'am getting the two different output format in str1 and str2.So i want to get the output if the format is like str1 then i have to copy that into a directory or str2 format means it should be moved.This script i'am executing in shell script... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: rajivgandhi
4 Replies

6. Linux

Create a dummy file even if the path is not exist

hi, i want to create a dummy file even if the path to that file is not exist as follows. suppose, in my working directory 2 files are there. and i create one more file which is exist as follows # pwd /home/satya # ls file1.txt file2.txt # echo dummy > /home/satya/file3.txt # ls... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: snreddy_gopu
3 Replies

7. Linux

rpmbuild, how to specify a different source and destination path for files

I'd like to specify a different build and deployment path for files, by default the same path is used for both build and install, I wasn't able to find a way to make these different. With Solaris pkgadd, one can specify different paths in prototype, so I would assume something like that is possible... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: tiburblium
0 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Move all files from source to destination directory based on the filename

Move all files starting with a specific name to different directory. This shell script program should have three parameters File Name Source Directory Destination Directory User should be able to enter ‘AB_CD*' in file name parameter. In this case all the files starting with AB_CD will... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: chetancrsp18
1 Replies

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

move all 2008 year's file to destination directory

I am trying to move file created/modified in 2008 year to <new directory>. But trapped badly in Xargs {}. Looks like mv is not getting destination file properly. It assumes source file s to be destination directory n gives me erroir. "Target must be a directory" Run- #/home/mktrisk: find... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: kedar.mehta
4 Replies

10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

How to check path exist or not in UNIX shell script

UNIX Shell Script I'm in /home/suneel dirctory in that directory need to check for a path for example com/src/resources If Path exists need to copy the files from one directory If path not exist need to create the folders and copy the files UNIX shell script help required (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: suneelc
3 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question