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--- ubuntu:file:copy_files_to_different_directory [2022/05/10 20:12] – peter
+++ ubuntu:file:copy_files_to_different_directory [2022/06/13 10:16] (current) – removed peter
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-====== Ubuntu - File - Copy files to different directory ======
-<code bash>
-#!/bin/bash
-for filename in *; do
-  if [[ -f "$filename" ]]; then
-    base=${filename%.*}
-    ext=${filename#$base.}
-    mkdir -p "${ext}"
-    mv "$filename" "${ext}"
-  fi
-done
-</code>
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-===== Copy all files by extension to single directory =====
-<code bash>
-find . -name \*.txt -exec cp {} someDirectory \;
-</code>
-or
-<code bash>
-find . -name "file*" -exec mv {} /tmp \;
-</code>
-<WRAP info>
-**NOTE:**  The open brackets **{}** are a placeholder for the argument which is to be used from the output of find.
-</WRAP>
-<WRAP info>
-**NOTE:**  Why not just use **mv file* /tmp**.
-  * Problem with Moving Large Number of Files
-    * Linux systems have a predefined limit on the maximum number of arguments that can be used with a single command.
-    * This limit varies from system to system based on the stack size.
-    * Thus, if a very high number of files are being specified with the wildcard; e.g. over a hundred thousand files, it throws an error: **Argument list too long**.
-</WRAP>
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