# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-09-22 21:53:58 -0400:
> On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> > This also enables you to use grep to filter the file names in
> > a more sophisticated way than find itself can do:
> > find foo -type f | grep -i '\.jpg$' | xargs -J % mv % bar
> 
> Amazing, I just wanted to post and say "Have I told you (all) lately, that
> I love you?"  This is the most incredible learning experience, and I must
> say that my command-line skills just grew approximately 14555% fold :)

    you can save the grep with

        % find foo -type f -iname '*.jpg' | xargs ...

    but i think someone already posted this

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