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Old 05-17-2013
Linux Cp -r except certain file types
the following excludes certain directories successfully
Code:
cp -r probe/!(dir)  /destination

I want to exclude certain file types and tried unsuccessfully
Code:
cp -r probe/!(*.avi) /destination

Last edited by vbe; 05-17-2013 at 08:43 AM.. Reason: please use code tags next time for code and data
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Old 05-17-2013
One alternative: find ... | pax -rw /destination

You can add the necessary arguments to find to filter out the portions of the hierarchy that should be ignored. Or, it may be simpler to insert a grep -v into the pipeline. Or, you can exclude using pax's -s option.

Regards and welcome to the forum,
Alister
Last edited by alister; 05-17-2013 at 09:36 AM..
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Old 05-17-2013
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Hi,
I was not able to follow your suggestions - too little knowledge on my side. I asked a friend (my last resort) and did it finally with zip. Thank you anyway.
Regards, Thomas
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