copying a range of files

maginotjr · 07-27-2005, 12:19 AM

I just want to copy some files, like

19814.jpg to 19850.jpg and 20015.jpg and 21115.jpg to 21210.jpg and some more file like this, I tryed to make a expression but didnt work: cp [19814-19850,20015,21115-21210].jpg /home/maginot/

I tryed cp {19814-19850,20015,21115-21210}.jpg /home/maginot/ but this dont accepct range, just singular files ...

Any ideia?

thnks!

maginotjr · 07-27-2005, 01:45 AM

the best I could do it was:

eg:

Code:

$cp file{192{3,4,5,6,7,8}{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},2001{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}}.jpg

whansard · 07-27-2005, 02:52 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by maginotjr
I just want to copy some files, like

19814.jpg to 19850.jpg and 20015.jpg and 21115.jpg to 21210.jpg and some more file like this, I tryed to make a expression but didnt work: cp [19814-19850,20015,21115-21210].jpg /home/maginot/

I tryed cp {19814-19850,20015,21115-21210}.jpg /home/maginot/ but this dont accepct range, just singular files ...

Any ideia?

thnks!

# cp `seq 19814 19850` 20015 `seq 21115 21210`.jpg /home/maginot/

i think

edit: i were wrong. it could be:
# for i in `seq 19814 19850` 20015 `seq 21115 21210` ; do cp $i.jpg /home/maginot/; done

maginotjr · 07-27-2005, 06:58 PM

worked great, thanks!