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sunveer 08-03-2012 04:07 AM
How to find files?
 
How to find all the files of a particular user and copy and paste them in a directory?

pixellany 08-03-2012 04:13 AM
Code:
cp -R /home/username <new path>
OR
cp -R /home/username/Documents <new path>
replace <new path> with the desired destination

Some more detail on what you are doing will probably get a better answer.

sunveer 08-03-2012 04:20 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by pixellany (Post 4744812)
Code:
cp -R /home/username <new path>
OR
cp -R /home/username/Documents <new path>
replace <new path> with the desired destination

Some more detail on what you are doing will probably get a better answer.
I want that whatever file that is owned by a user in the entire filesystem must be searched, not only its /home directory and cp in a new directory.

Nylex 08-03-2012 04:24 AM
You can use the find command for things like this. Its "-user" test is what you want to be looking at.

Mr. Alex 08-03-2012 06:26 AM
Code:
# find / -user sunveer -exec cp -iv /desired/dir {} \;
  • "/" is where to search. In this example it's the entire filesystem - all mounted devices.
  • "sunveer" is your user here and
  • "/desired/dir" is where you wanna copy those files.

sunveer 08-03-2012 07:18 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Alex (Post 4744906)
Code:
# find / -user sunveer -exec cp -iv /desired/dir {} \;
  • "/" is where to search. In this example it's the entire filesystem - all mounted devices.
  • "sunveer" is your user here and
  • "/desired/dir" is where you wanna copy those files.
This command runs with no error but it didn't find any files.

Mr. Alex 08-03-2012 07:32 AM
Did you typed in your username correctly? I mean username in your GNU/Linux system.
It should be as in
Code:
echo $USER

sunveer 08-03-2012 07:53 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Alex (Post 4744950)
Did you typed in your username correctly? I mean username in your GNU/Linux system.
It should be as in
Code:
echo $USER
Yes

414N 08-03-2012 07:57 AM
Isn't the cp line missing a -t option to designate /desired/dir as the destination directory? Otherwise, shouldn't the file to be copied ({}) appear first than the destination directory?

Mr. Alex 08-03-2012 08:05 AM
414N, you're right. Looked it up and found corrections. OP, see URL.

sunveer 08-03-2012 08:23 AM
Will this cmd serve the purpose?

#find / -user UNAME | cpio -pdumv /path/

Mr. Alex 08-03-2012 08:27 AM
Wrap your code up with forum tags.

I don't know about cpio, didn't work with it. What's wrong with suggested command?
Code:
# find /where/to/search -user sunveer -exec cp -ipv {} /where/to/copy \;

sunveer 08-03-2012 08:36 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Alex (Post 4744986)
Wrap your code up with forum tags.

I don't know about cpio, didn't work with it. What's wrong with suggested command?
Code:
# find /where/to/search -user sunveer -exec cp -ipv {} /where/to/copy \;
Nothing wrong with the command. Just asking for knowledge.

Thanks.


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