rsync is useful for local file copying as well as between machines. This will do what you want: rsync -avm –include=”*.jar” -f ‘hide,! */’ . /destination_dir The entire directory structure from . is copied to /destination_dir, but only the .jar files are copied. The -a ensures all permissions and times on files are unchanged. The … Read more
You can use rsync instead of cp: rsync -av –exclude=”.*” src dest This excludes hidden files and directories. If you only want to exclude hidden directories, add a slash to the pattern: rsync -av –exclude=”.*/” src dest
Rsync is better since it will only copy only the updated parts of the updated file, instead of the whole file. It also uses compression and encryption if you want. Check out this tutorial.
Should be as follows: cp -r !(Default.png) /dest If copying to a folder nested in the current folder (called example in the case below) you need to omit that directory also: cp -r !(Default.png|example) /example
You can do this using -T option in cp. See Man page for cp. -T, –no-target-directory treat DEST as a normal file So as per your example, following is the file structure. $ tree test test |– bar | |– a | `– b `– foo |– a `– b 2 directories, 4 files You … Read more
–parents is copying the directory structure, so you should get rid of that. The way you’ve written this, the find executes, and the output is put onto the command line such that cp can’t distinguish between the spaces separating the filenames, and the spaces within the filename. It’s better to do something like $ find … Read more
What you want is: cp -R t1/. t2/ The dot at the end tells it to copy the contents of the current directory, not the directory itself. This method also includes hidden files and folders.
Taken from the man page: -n, –no-clobber do not overwrite an existing file (overrides a previous -i option) Example: cp -n myoldfile.txt mycopiedfile.txt
mkdir -p “$d” && cp file “$d” (there’s no such option for cp).
To expand upon Christian’s answer, the only reliable way to do this would be to combine mkdir and cp: mkdir -p /foo/bar && cp myfile “$_” As an aside, when you only need to create a single directory in an existing hierarchy, rsync can do it in one operation. I’m quite a fan of rsync … Read more