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Commands tagged cp

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dir='path to file'; tar cpf - "$dir" | pv -s $(du -sb "$dir" | awk '{print $1}') | tar xpf - -C /other/path
2010-01-19 19:05:45
User: starchox
Functions: awk dir du tar
Tags: copy tar cp
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transfer files locally to be sure that file permissions are kept correctly showing progress

This may seem like a long command, but it is great for making sure all file permissions are kept in tact. What it is doing is streaming the files in a sub-shell and then untarring them in the target directory. Please note that the -z command should not be used for local files and no perfomance increase will be visible as overhead processing (CPU) will be evident, and will slow down the copy.

You also may keep simple with, but you don't have the progress info:

cp -rpf /some/directory /other/path
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find . -iname "*.jpg" -print0 | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' | xargs -0 cp --backup=numbered -dp -u --target-directory {location} &
2009-12-10 08:47:04
User: oracular
Functions: cp find tr xargs
Tags: backup xargs tr jpg cp preserve
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Find jpeg images and copy them to a central location

Use if you have pictures all over the place and you want to copy them to a central location

Synopsis:

Find jpg files

translate all file names to lowercase

backup existing, don't overwrite, preserve mode ownership and timestamps

copy to a central location

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find / -name "*.pdf" -exec cp -t ~/Documents/PDF {} +
2009-08-18 06:11:35
User: davidwhthomas
Functions: cp find
Tags: find cp for
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Copy all documents PDF in disk for your home directory

I used this to copy all PDFs recursively to a selected dir

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for i in `find / -name *.pdf`; do cp -v $i $HOME; done
2009-06-08 14:29:08
User: rauhmaru
Functions: cp
Tags: find cp for
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Copy all documents PDF in disk for your home directory

This command copies all the documents of the pdf extension to your home. Create another folder and set a new target to improve the organization

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