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# 8  
Old 12-20-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by shamrock
Code:
CSV_OUTFILE="somefile.csv"
find . -type f -name W\* \( -exec echo echo {} \> ${CSV_OUTFILE} \; -a -exec echo cp {} /new_dir/ \&\& rm {} \; \) | sh -c

better still...

Code:
CSV_OUTFILE="somefile.csv"
find . -type f -name W\* \( -exec echo {} \; > ${CSV_OUTFILE} -a -exec cp {} /new_dir/ \; -exec rm {} \; \)

# 9  
Old 12-20-2007
MySQL works perfectly
Thank you shamrock! I tweaked it a bit for my environment and it works perfectly now. Smilie
# 10  
Old 12-20-2007
Put in place the lost "-a" operator for combining the last 2 "-exec". It most likely got lost in the copy & paste operation. You can tweak it for your environment...Smilie

Code:
CSV_OUTFILE="somefile.csv"
find . -type f -name W\* \( -exec echo {} \; > ${CSV_OUTFILE} -a -exec cp {} /new_dir/ \; -a -exec rm {} \; \)

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