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i have many directories like this:

$ ls 
 1_true 1_false 2_true 2_false 3_true 3_false ...

i want to copy files in "*_true/" to other directory.

when i run command like below

find . -name "*_true" -exec cp ""/* "../out_true" ";"

this give me error messages like this:

cp: cannot stat './1_true/*': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat './2_true/*': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat './3_true/*': No such file or directory
...

how to fix this error? thanks!

NOTE: my 'true' directories count is more than 100000

bash find

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i have many directories like this:

$ ls 
 1_true 1_false 2_true 2_false 3_true 3_false ...

i want to copy files in "*_true/" to other directory.

when i run command like below

find . -name "*_true" -exec cp ""/* "../out_true" ";"

this give me error messages like this:

cp: cannot stat './1_true/*': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat './2_true/*': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat './3_true/*': No such file or directory
...

how to fix this error? thanks!

NOTE: my 'true' directories count is more than 100000

bash find

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edited Oct 17 at 8:19

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  Try ... -exec echo cp ... to see what's happening
  
  – Tavian Barnes
  Oct 17 at 15:32
  

  
  
  
  

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i have many directories like this:

$ ls 
 1_true 1_false 2_true 2_false 3_true 3_false ...

i want to copy files in "*_true/" to other directory.

when i run command like below

find . -name "*_true" -exec cp ""/* "../out_true" ";"

this give me error messages like this:

cp: cannot stat './1_true/*': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat './2_true/*': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat './3_true/*': No such file or directory
...

how to fix this error? thanks!

NOTE: my 'true' directories count is more than 100000

bash find

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edited Oct 17 at 8:19

sailfish009

asked Oct 17 at 5:51

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$ ls 
 1_true 1_false 2_true 2_false 3_true 3_false ...

find . -name "*_true" -exec cp ""/* "../out_true" ";"

cp: cannot stat './1_true/*': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat './2_true/*': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat './3_true/*': No such file or directory
...

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edited Oct 17 at 8:19

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You can simplify it quite a bit

cp ?_true/* ../out_true/

will work as well.

This will, however, not work when you have a very large number of files.

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answered Oct 17 at 6:46

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  your code will work if my true directories count is less than 10. but my directories is more than 100000.
  
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  Oct 17 at 7:00
  

  
  
  
  


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  What defines the maximum size for a command single argument
  
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found answer, using xargs instead of -exec

find . -name "*_true" -print0 | xargs --null -I sh -c 'cp "$1"/* "../out_true"' -- 

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You can limit find to descend not more than n levels with -maxdepth. This will match *_true and copy the content using rsync. Trailing slash on the source directory will change the behavior of rsync and only copy the content of the directory and not the directory it self.

find -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*_true' -exec rsync -a "/" ../out_true ;

or

for i in *_true; do
 rsync -a "$i/" ../out_true
done

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You can simplify it quite a bit

cp ?_true/* ../out_true/

will work as well.

This will, however, not work when you have a very large number of files.

share|improve this answer

edited Oct 17 at 7:47

answered Oct 17 at 6:46

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  your code will work if my true directories count is less than 10. but my directories is more than 100000.
  
  – sailfish009
  Oct 17 at 7:00
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  What defines the maximum size for a command single argument
  
  – bac0n
  Oct 17 at 15:44
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

2

You can simplify it quite a bit

cp ?_true/* ../out_true/

will work as well.

This will, however, not work when you have a very large number of files.

share|improve this answer

edited Oct 17 at 7:47

answered Oct 17 at 6:46

vidarlovidarlo

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  your code will work if my true directories count is less than 10. but my directories is more than 100000.
  
  – sailfish009
  Oct 17 at 7:00
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  What defines the maximum size for a command single argument
  
  – bac0n
  Oct 17 at 15:44
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

You can simplify it quite a bit

cp ?_true/* ../out_true/

will work as well.

This will, however, not work when you have a very large number of files.

share|improve this answer

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answered Oct 17 at 6:46

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cp ?_true/* ../out_true/

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found answer, using xargs instead of -exec

find . -name "*_true" -print0 | xargs --null -I sh -c 'cp "$1"/* "../out_true"' -- 

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answered Oct 17 at 6:21

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found answer, using xargs instead of -exec

find . -name "*_true" -print0 | xargs --null -I sh -c 'cp "$1"/* "../out_true"' -- 

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answered Oct 17 at 6:21

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found answer, using xargs instead of -exec

find . -name "*_true" -print0 | xargs --null -I sh -c 'cp "$1"/* "../out_true"' -- 

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answered Oct 17 at 6:21

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find . -name "*_true" -print0 | xargs --null -I sh -c 'cp "$1"/* "../out_true"' -- 

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answered Oct 17 at 6:21

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answered Oct 17 at 6:21

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You can limit find to descend not more than n levels with -maxdepth. This will match *_true and copy the content using rsync. Trailing slash on the source directory will change the behavior of rsync and only copy the content of the directory and not the directory it self.

find -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*_true' -exec rsync -a "/" ../out_true ;

or

for i in *_true; do
 rsync -a "$i/" ../out_true
done

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edited Oct 17 at 12:42

answered Oct 17 at 8:09

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1

You can limit find to descend not more than n levels with -maxdepth. This will match *_true and copy the content using rsync. Trailing slash on the source directory will change the behavior of rsync and only copy the content of the directory and not the directory it self.

find -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*_true' -exec rsync -a "/" ../out_true ;

or

for i in *_true; do
 rsync -a "$i/" ../out_true
done

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edited Oct 17 at 12:42

answered Oct 17 at 8:09

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You can limit find to descend not more than n levels with -maxdepth. This will match *_true and copy the content using rsync. Trailing slash on the source directory will change the behavior of rsync and only copy the content of the directory and not the directory it self.

find -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*_true' -exec rsync -a "/" ../out_true ;

or

for i in *_true; do
 rsync -a "$i/" ../out_true
done

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edited Oct 17 at 12:42

answered Oct 17 at 8:09

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find -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*_true' -exec rsync -a "/" ../out_true ;

for i in *_true; do
 rsync -a "$i/" ../out_true
done

share|improve this answer

edited Oct 17 at 12:42

answered Oct 17 at 8:09

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answered Oct 17 at 8:09

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