[SOLVED] Wildcard Transfer Files

bravored · 12-04-2015, 07:34 AM

Hey Guys/Gals,

I need transfer the latest file from nested folders to its new directory.

i.e *.conf (there are other files in here alone with 1-10 conf - 10 being latest per todays date)

i.e cp $MYHome/source.bak/0001/pl1/10.conf $MYHome/NEWsource/0001/pl1/
cp $MYHome/source.bak/0013/pl1/2.conf $MYHome/NEWsource/0013/pl1/

....commonality is $MYHome/source.bak , $MYHome/NEWsource/
and 0001-0016, and the pl1

Any ideas?

berndbausch · 12-04-2015, 10:20 AM

Code:

cd $myhome/source.bak
find 000[1-9]/pl1 001[1-6]/pl1 -name '*.conf' | cpio -pd $myhome/newsource

Some tuning required.
And I am sure there are better/nicer/faster ways.

What this does:

List all the files with the required name, including their paths relative to source.bak
Copy them to newsource, paths included