On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 01:15:37PM -0500, Darin Strait wrote: > I have a large directory tree, with scores of end nodes. Each end node in the > tree has a number of files whose names end either in .mp3 or in .flac. > > I would like to copy the directory structure of the tree, but I want to move > files that end in .mp3 to the new tree and leave the .flac files behind. > > What is the easiest way to do that? I was looking at unision, but unison seems > to be copy-only; there doesn't seem to be move the flac files. mkdir /top/of/mp3/dir cd /top/of/flac/dir find . -name '*.mp3' -print0 | cpio -0 -pdm /top/of/mp3/dir # *** DOUBLE CHECK THAT THE FILES GOT COPIED RIGHT BEFORE STEP 2 *** find . -name '*.mp3' -print0 | xargs -0 rm If your mp3 dir and your flac dir are on the same filesystem, you'll speed this up *immensely* if you do -pdml instead of -pdm, because it'll just create hard links instead of copying the file contents, and it won't use any significant extra space between step 1 and 2. -- Dave Carrigan Seattle, WA, USA dave@rudedog.org | http://www.rudedog.org/ | ICQ:161669680 UNIX-Apache-Perl-Linux-Firewalls-LDAP-C-C++-DNS-PalmOS-PostgreSQL-MySQL Dave is currently listening to Diana Krall - I've Got You Under My Skin (When I look In Your Eyes)
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