find then send result to driectory 1

[nimrodman]

I really need help with a way to copy files found with find into a directory, any help will do, thanks.

 

[mrregan]

find (options) > filelist
for files in `cat filelist`
do
cp $file /directory-of-your-choice
done

 

[mrregan]

Sorry,
line should read $files (plural)
cp $files /directory-of-your-choice

 

[feherke]

Hi

Maybe there is no need for [tt]for[/tt] and UUOC.

find . -type f -printf 'cp "%p" "/tmp/%f"\n' | sh

Tested with GNU [tt]find[/tt].

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[p5wizard]

Any old find should be able to do this (no fancy GNU options needed):

[tt]find /your/source/dir -type f -exec cp {} /your/dest/dir \;[/tt]

But of course you loose the dir structure in the copy destination and you poosibly overwrite files if files with the same name exist in different subdirs of /your/source/dir ...


HTH,

p5wizard

 

[PHV]

Why not simply use the -cpio primitive of the find command ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[feherke]

Hi

Correct, p5wizard. My solution would have more sense only if I would continue as I started to play with it. As I renounced to copy with path to avoid overwrites, your solution is better.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/