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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 ./ -type f -mtime +50 -print | xargs mv /mrk_archive/PG/ftp/data/asia/SI/2008/
Error-
mv: Target ./<Sourcefile> must be a directory


I tried with {} too, but no help.

This was failed too, -
#/home/mktrisk: find ./ -type f -mtime +50 -print | xargs mv {} /mrk_archive/PG/ftp/data/asia/SI/2008/

Same error..

Any help....

Thanks,in ad

Try this:

Code:

#/home/mktrisk: find ./ -type f -mtime +50 -print | xargs -n1 -i mv {} /mrk_archive/PG/ftp/data/asia/SI/2008/

Well, this seems to be working... Thanks buddy.

However, I am still not clear about how to use {} with Xargs. Can't I do the same thing without {} ?

& what difference "-n1 -i mv {}" will make ? -i : I dont need interactive. -Does -n1 mean one argument at a time?

Is it really necessary to pass only one param, with interactive movement?

-i is not interactive... more like insert. It means replace {} with the result coming from the find command.
-n1 means one argument at a time exactly. It should work without -n1 but i dont know if you can have problem if the number of files found is really large.

Cool, Thanks buddy..!!