> copy all Textfiles a*.txt created 20 June 2,014 to 23 July 2,015?
By using the find <https://linux.die.net/man/1/find> command as per this <https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-osxfind-files-by-date/> post touch --date "2014-06-20" /tmp/start touch --date "2015-07-23" /tmp/end find [source_dir] -type f -name "a*.txt" -newer /tmp/start -not -newer /tmp/end -exec cp -p {} [target_dir]; HINT: Before running find with exec I always prefix command with "echo" as in: find [source_dir] -type f -name "a*.txt" -newer /tmp/start -not -newer /tmp/end -exec echo cp -p {} [target_dir]; -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to linuxusersgroup+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Linux Users Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to linuxusersgroup+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/linuxusersgroup/06b41155-bdaa-4101-90d9-35e9a7884bdbn%40googlegroups.com.