Eric Blake wrote:
> Todd Andrews wrote:
> > I'd like to suggest a new feature be added to cp called --flatten that
> > would remove all paths from the source files/directories and copy the
> > file to the destination directory.
> >
> > cp -pr --flatten data -t alldata
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. However, it seems like this is already
> possible with existing tools, so why add the bloat?
>
> find data -type f -exec cp -pr -t alldata {}+
A very minor correction for the mail archive and an update. There
needs to be a space between the "{}" and the "+". Plus since every
argument will be a file because of the "-type f" then no cp "-r"
option is needed.
find data -type f -exec cp -p -t alldata {} +
[Eric knows this but looks to have been caught by the very early in
the morning time of posting. :-) ]
Bob
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