search special files and copy in directory.

abhi · 04-10-2005, 05:21 AM

Hi this is my first message to forum .
I got stuck in a problem i wants to copy all character special file or any special file from directory Hierarchy to one directory.
i ran command
$ find /dev/ -type c -exec cp * ./ {} \;
But it doesn't give me proper result.

tommeke · 04-10-2005, 08:49 AM

why "*" ?
why not cp {} ./ \;
{} represents the the char file found, so cp {} ./ copies the found char file to ./

homey · 04-10-2005, 09:22 AM

Try this..

Code:

find /dev -type c -exec cp -R {} /new/folder \;