Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi,

Below is the listing of folder "greece"

Code:

$ cd greece
$ ls
tmp
server
logs
properties

I wish to copy all the contents of the dir "greece" to /tmp except the below three folders and its contents under "greece"

Code:

1.logs
2.server/bin/logs
3. server/cache

I am using sh (normal C shell) or Bash only.

There are enormous files and folders under greece so the command should not consume much time.

Can you please suggest.

What is this ? Please read my question .. i need to copy [not move] all contents to /tmp except the three folders within the parent greece folder.

---------- Post updated 06-24-14 at 08:13 AM ---------- Previous update was 06-23-14 at 12:25 PM ----------

bump !!

Create an exclude_file with

Code:

greece/logs
greece/server/bin/logs
greece/server/cache

And run the follwing

Code:

tar Xcf exclude_file - greece | (cd /tmp && tar tf -)

If this looks good, replace tf by xvf.

On AIX, you would do the reverse and have an include list:-

Code:

tar -cvf - -L include_file | (cd /tmp && tar -xvf -)

You can put files or directories in the include_file, but don't put in the top-level directory if you want to exclude certain parts. Build the include_file with something like:-

Code:

find . -type f | grep -Ev "^\./greece\/logs\/|^\.\/greece\/server\/bin\/logs\/|^\.\/greece\/server\/cache\/" > /tmp/include_file

I've been very explicit with the exclusions from the include_file to use the trailing /


Does this achieve what you want? You don't say what OS you are using, so that's why I've added this bit for AIX and others that might support -L for including rather than -X for excluding. They both have positive and negative aspects depending what you actually want to do.



Robin

---------- Post updated at 01:58 PM ---------- Previous update was at 01:56 PM ----------

PS. The sh shell is not the normal C-shell, it's the Bourne Shell. The C-shell is csh (or sometimes tcsh)

With a recent bash, you might want to give "extended pattern matching" a try, after setting the "extglob" option:

Code:

ls server/!(cache) server/bin/!(logs) !(logs)