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Poireau007 Posted messages 85 Status Member -  
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Hello everyone!

I want to move a certain number of files using mv, but I'm stuck...

What I have:
I have lots of folders in the same directory, each containing one file named xxx.html

What I want to do:
move all the xxx.html files to the same location

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What I've done:
for i in $(ls); do cd $i | mv * /../Users/Ordi/Desktop/Dossier/; done

But it doesn't work, I feel like the pipe is not being interpreted...
Any suggestions?

Thanks.

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    debianhunter Posted messages 119 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   24
     
    Good evening,

    Look at the find command, it will be easier: 

    find . -iname '*html' -exec mv {} . \;


    Good luck!
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    1. Poireau007 Posted messages 85 Status Member 15
       
      Thank you Debian, it works!
      Your command is really minimalist compared to mine!
      Well, I just have to read the man page of find to try to understand what you did,
      I don't quite understand how you move files from one folder to another...

      Thanks again!
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    2. debianhunter Posted messages 119 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   24
       
      You're welcome ;o)

      find will list all the files from the current directory (.) whose name matches the regular expression *html ignoring case (if you don't want that, use name instead of iname) and then executes the command mv {} . which moves (mv) each of the find results ({}) to the current directory (.)

      But reading the man page will show you the incredible possibilities of find!
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