[Tfug] Need help with a complicated command line copy...

[Jim March]

Cool.  I'll likely slap it into a script but...yeah, I'll try it tomorrow.

One question: is Bowie's recipe doing the datestamp stuff?  I mean,
I've got seven source disks, and a given file may be on three or four
of 'em in various stages.  I only want to keep the newest.

Thanks!

Jim

On 6/28/07, Christopher Robbins <robbinsc at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm entering this one a bit late, but...
>
> No, you can actually type in Bowie's stuff from the command line and it will
> do it for you...for-loops and the
> like are implemented in the shell.
>
> Good luck
>
>   - Chris
>
> On 6/27/07, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Bowie, I think you mean "stick this stuff in an executable script", right?
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > On 6/27/07, Bowie J. Poag <bpoag at comcast.net> wrote:
> > > Type this in as you see it:
> > >
> > > cd /
> > > for i in pdf doc xls
> > > do
> > > find /this/guys/hard/disk/*.$i >list.foo
> > > done
> > >
> > >
> > > for i in `cat list.foo`
> > > do
> > > cp $i /destination/directory/where/you/want/the/files/to/go/
> > > done
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Bowie
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Jim March wrote:
> > > > Guys,
> > > >
> > > > I have a complicated problem.
> > > >
> > > > I have a stack of old hard disks with data a friend wants extracted.
> > > > There are a lot of duplicates, and of course they're scattered across
> > > > multiple subdirectories.
> > > >
> > > > The file types are as you'd expect: .pdf, .doc, .xls, etc.
> > > >
> > > > At the DOS command line I'd have trouble with this: I could use XCOPY
> > > > to move the files (based on extension) from disk to disk including
> > > > subdirectories, but In this case I don't WANT the target-location
> > > > files to be in subdirectories.  Instead, as I pile the files into the
> > > > target location I want to keep them all in one, and as new ones try
> > > > and come in retain the one with the latest datestamp.
> > > >
> > > > I'm using standard Ubuntu Feisty so I figure there has to be a way to
> > > > skin this cat at the command line, probably with standard tools but,
> > > > maybe with some add-in package?  Any tips would be welcome :).
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > Jim
> > > >
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