[MLUG] cp -R --skip [pattern]?

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I don't think this exists, but this is what I'd like:  A way to copy a 
directory tree but ignoring certain files, or copying files of a certain 
type only.

I have a directory tree with MP3 files in it, but there also are HTML 
files (album reviews) and JPEG files (album covers).  I would like to 
replicate that directory tree without the MP3 files.  I know that I could 
copy the whole thing and then delete the MP3 files, but they are huge and 
that is not feasible.

I would think there is a simply GNUish Linuxy trick to this, possibly 
using "find" somehow.  I think I see a way to write a script that uses 
find, but it wouldn't be all that efficient.  For example, I can write out 
the entire directory tree like so:

find . -type d -print

I can process that output to do what I want, but I see no way to do it 
with xargs -- I would use perl to create a shell script from the output, 
then execute the shell script.  But isn't there a one-liner for this?

It would be great if one of you guys could suggest something.

Thanks in advance.

Mike

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