Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 17:47:04 -0800 From: "Derrick Ryalls" <ryallsd@datasphereweb.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Shell guru needed. Message-ID: <003101c2b2ca$073d7000$0200a8c0@bartxp> In-Reply-To: <200301030103.h0313b67012698@labs.unixhideout.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of mike > Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 5:04 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Shell guru needed. >=20 >=20 > Hey guys. heres the skinny. I have a huge library and i want=20 > to organize it. I want find to go through recursively, and=20 > move any "pdf" files it finds to a certain directory. I need=20 > an example piece of script on how i would confront this. It=20 > will save me hours if not days so thanks in advance. okay, I am no expert, but here is a shot: %find /path/to/search -name '*.pdf' -exec mv /destination/directory I am a bit uncertain if the last part is correct, but this is close to what you want, I think. >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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