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stighy
Asked: 2012-05-13 10:15:54 +0800 CST

How to copy *.txt files recursevely in another destination?

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i need to copy all txt files included in a lot of subdirectories into a single directory. Example: 

 MyDir
   Dir1
     1.txt
     2.txt
   Dir2
     a.txt
     b.txt
     e.jpg
   Dir3 
     f.txt
     k.txt
  MyDestination

How to copy all txt to MyDestination ?

linux

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Try using find ... 

    find /MyDir -name '*.txt' -exec cp -t /MyDestination "{}" +

    which will find the relevant txt files and pass them in batches to cp to have it copy them to MyDestination.

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  2. What about

    cp -R *.txt <destination>

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