[Linux-disciples] Moving files

[Stephen R Laniel]

On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 07:16:57PM -0500, Karl Sokol wrote:
> church at ubuntu:/share/new$ find . -type f -iregex '^....\.mp3$' -exec mv '{}' /
> home/church/Desktop/new/ ';'
> church at ubuntu:/share/new$
> 
> For that matter, removing everything from '-exec' on doesn't find anything.   I
> have tried many variations, but with no success.

That find command, with the -exec after it, wouldn't print
any output to the screen; it would just move all those files
to ~church/Desktop/new .

If you want see which files 'find' will move without
actually moving them, trim everything from -exec on. That
will list the files; the -exec will move them.

> As for going back to itunes, something went drastically wrong and it shows that
> she has no songs.  So, we mounted it as a drive and copied the songs over to my
> computer.

It may show that she has no songs because the 'mv' command
moved them. Check /home/church/Desktop/new .

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