Beginner need help how file moving script could look like
Hi there,
I am an absolut beginner in scripting.
I am using Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS:
I just need some hints/suggestions how a script could look like doing the following stuff:
assuming I am in directory "base_directory"
like xyz@mypc:~/base_directory$
within the "base_directory there are some subfolders (random name) having subfolder (random name)
there is a structure like:
Code:
base_directory/t3egjtj/g353grrhg/ and
base_directory/t464rrgg/3t344gf/
base_directory/f3h4egg3g/3h44geg/
base_directory/hejg3g/fg4j5j/
and so on....
each of the "sub-subfolders" contains several files
like ffe.txt, dwfekt.c etc.
now would like to grap e.g. all files with .c extension of every sub-subfolder and
move all files with .c extension to e.g. folder
Code:
/my_destination_folder
is there an easy way to do so?
sorry for such a dump question but I am completely new in this and want to check
how much effort it takes to implement (maybe such simple) file operations.
Best Regards
dut
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