How to copy and create path (directory) if necessary...
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cp /home/*/*.doc /backup
will copy ONLY the .doc files at the second directory level within /home, and copying it all into /backup without caring about the directories within backup - if that is what you meant to do.
Well, you could use sed or awk to extract tokens from the string which contains the file name, but bash can also use builtins:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
function foo () {
FILENAME="$1"
DIR=${FILENAME%\/*}
if [ ! -d "/path/to/backup/dir/$DIR" ]; then
mkdir -p "/path/to/backup/dir/$DIR"
fi
cp "$FILENAME" "/path/to/backup/dir/$DIR"
}
# Now we just use find using -exec foo
find "$HOME" -name \*.doc -exec foo '{}' \;
This is the smallest size command I've manage to do what I need. Unfortunately the command does not create the directories without the doc files.
If some one has any more elegant solution. Post it here.
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How to copy and create path (directory) if necessary...
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