[X4U] command line cp question

[David Ledger]

>From: Stroller <macmonster at myrealbox.com>
>On Dec 1, 2005, at 9:28 pm, Kansas Territory wrote:
>>  Could someone give me a hint or a clue as to how I could on a server,
>>  via the command line..
>>  COPY all files that end in .pl   into a directory.
>>
>>  I know if I'm in one directory.. I could do something like
>>
>>  cp *.pl  backupdirectory
>>
>>  But I want to start up on the root level  /      and copy ALL files on
>>  the server than end in .pl
>
>     find / -name "*.pl" -exec cp \{} backupdir \;
>
>If you have multiple files with the same_name.pl but in different
>directories then you'll need to use something different.


You'll also need a -prune for .../backupdir
I'll produce an example later if no-one else does.

David


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