I have 1,30,000 files to move from one directory to another, When I ran command
# mv *.txt test
Oh!! There is an error
mv: Argument list too long.
What to do? I did it but in different way. I ran command
#find . -maxdepth 1 -name ‘*.txt’ -exec mv ‘{}’ test \;
Here
. defines search directory
-maxdepth disables recursive search and searches only in the current directory. It allows you to control
how deep into sub directories it will recurs. With ‘-maxdepth’ 1 it will only search in current
directory.
-name string to be searched
-exec Applies a command to set of file that has been searched
{} Inserts each found file into given command after -exec
\; Indicates the exec command line has ended
The above example searches for *.txt files in current directory and moves it to the test directory.
More: http://www.athabascau.ca/html/depts/compserv/webunit/HOWTO/find.htm
