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Find and copy directories containing file type

I have a directory "Movies" containing subdirectories "Movie Name". Each subdirectory "Movie Name" contains a movie file and related image/nfo files etc. I'm trying to copy all directories containing ...
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Unable to preserve ownership in a copy but able with a move?

I have noticed that I am unable to preserve ownership if I rsync -o files. However, I am when I move them. This is all without admin privileges. What is the rationale of this? Several threads e.g. ...
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Better way to copy multiple directories to new directory

Is there a better way on the command line to essentially accomplish the following but with a single command cp -r css/ ar/ cp -r images/ ar/ cp -r js/ ar/ cp -r backups/ ar/ I've just been ...
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How to write file into another

I have an empty file (only zeroes are in it) of size 9,0KB and I need to write another file (with size 1,1KB) to it, but the first file must not lose its size or the rest of its contents. So if the ...
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Copy Sequential Files

I have 12 files named dmp_000, dmp_001, etc, all the way to dmp_011. I would like to copy all of them to rdmp_000, rdmp_001, and so on, sequentially so the numbered files coincide. There must be an ...
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Easy way to copy lines from one file to another [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: cat line X to line Y on a huge file Very simple issue but can't seem to find a simple resolution! I have a massive text file from which I only need around 150 lines. ...