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

[Dave Lloyd <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 3 May 2007, Mike Miller wrote:

> 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.

find ./ -name \*mp3 -exec cp {} /newpath \;

--dlloyd

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