Sample output: 'Bombay Rockers.mp3' 'Marconi Union - Sleepless.mp3' wiua9.jpgĪs you see in the above result, there are three mp3 files in the test1 directory. Let us check the contents of test directory.
FIND FILE ON UNIX HOW TO
For the purpose of this guide, I will show how to quickly find and copy mp3 files from a directory called test1 to another directory called test2. Find command comes pre-installed on most Unix-like distributions, so let us not bother installing it. We are going to use the 'find' command to do organize files. There could be many ways to do this, but I found that the following method is easy and simple to follow.įind And Copy Certain Type Of Files From One Directory To Another In Linux If you ever wanted to copy certain type of files from one directory to another in Linux and Unix-like operating systems, here is one way to do it. So, I did a quick Google search and found a suitable solution.
It will take hours to find and copy all files if you have large number of files. However, manually finding and copying a each particular type of file is tedious and quite time-consuming task. Say for example, all media files (audio and video) should go to a directory called Multimedia, image files to Pictures folder, and official related stuffs to a folder called ostechnix. I decided to create folders for each type of file and store the files in the respective folders. So, I thought it would be much better if I organize the certain type of files in separate directories. It took me more time when I am looking for a particular file. I was just too lazy to organize files and folders in the right order. Yeah because, I have dumped all files in a single directory.
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