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get e.g. all .jpgs in a dir and subdirs, copy or delete them
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| # sed 's\.*/\\' cuts anything before the final forward slash , leaving filename without path | |
| for f in $(find . -name '*.jpg'); do echo $f;echo $f|sed 's\.*/\\' ;cp $f $(echo $f|sed 's|.*/||'); done | |
| #or e.g. only .jpgs larger than 10k and put in specific dir | |
| for f in $(find /path/to/dirwithsubdirs/ -name '*mark.png' -size +10k ); do echo $f;echo $f|sed 's|.*/||' ;cp $f /path/to/destiny/data_logos/$(echo $f|sed 's\.*/\\'); done | |
| #dont clobber extant files, by using cp --backup=numbered | |
| for f in $(find /path/to/dir -name '*.jpg'); do cp --backup=numbered $f pics/$(echo $f|sed 's|.*/||'); done |
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