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I have a directory that contains some specific files. I want to find all the files and copy them to a different directory, however the files are in /dir1/dir2/dir3/filedir/archive. In ~/filedir contains about 100 directories that contains an archive directory where the files I need are. How can I search and copy the files ONLY in the archive directory of each folder in the previous directory.

Hope that made sense. Below is a dir structure that I hope helps you to understand.

Code:

/dir1
  /dir2
    /dir3
      /filedir
        /archive - files are here
      /filedir
        /archive - files are here
      /filedir
        /archive - files are here

...and so on.

I only need the files, not the dir.

A 100 of "archive" directory ? containing how many files?
Can you list the content? eg:

Code:

cd /dir1/dir2/dir3/
ls  -l */archive/*

Is the archive directory always called "archive"?
Are there any other directories below each "filedir".

Yes and Yes

Yes I can list these files using the command. Thanks.

Code:

cd /dir1/dir2/dir3/
ls  */archive/* | while read TOCPY
do
  cp $TOCPY <destination_Dir>
done

Nice short cut. Thanks! I need to do a compare so I used:

Code:

find /dir1/dir2/dir3/*/archive/* -type f -name "filename" -newer ./thisfile.txt -exec cp {} <destination> \;