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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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vi / vim - extra indents when pasting text? [duplicate]
I can copy characters in other apps such as browsers with ctrlc.
I can then press i to enter insert mode in vim and press shiftctrlv to paste the text in.
The problem is that each line gets indented ...
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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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How do I copy directories and symlink files?
I have got a directory of huge files (total ~ 1TB) and I don't want copy them around. However, I'd like to work around them, so it would be convenient to have them linked in a directory hierarchy I ...
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Copy modified files from one server to other
Scenario:
2 Servers (*.12 and *.13)
CakePHP "application" on both of them.
*.12 is "Production" Server
*.13 is "Development" Server
Now i want to copy all files modified the last 2 days from test ...
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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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Minimal command to make a copy of a file [duplicate]
I often find myself copy-pasting long path in order to create a copy of a file
cp /path/to/file/file1 /path/to/file/file1.bkp
Is there an alternative utility that will NOT require me to type the ...
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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. ...
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How to copy a folder from remote machine to my system using ssh or any other way
Hi I need to copy a folder of size 885 MB from a remote machine to my system using ssh and port no is 1500
What is the command I can use to accomplish this
path of remote folder is
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How do I copy a symbolic link?
I have a symbolic link to a file in one directory. I would like to have that same link in another directory. How do I copy a symbolic link?
I tried to cp the symbolic link but this copies the file ...
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How can I copy a file and create the target directories at the same time?
I want to cp aaa/deep/sea/blob.psd to bbb/deep/sea/blob.psd
How do I do the copy if the deep and sea directories don't exist under bbb so that the copy both creates the directories that are needed ...
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anyway to fail/delay a cp process?
This is a hypothetical scenario. Say that I have a particular folder that is being synchronized by a process which is receiving a files/folders via the internet. Now while this operation is in ...
