Copying all image files

[gimmejimmy]

Hi, I need to write a script that will copy all image files from removable media (Everything in /media?) to a folder in my Home folder. Preferably without copying the paths, e.g., /media/cdrom/pic1.jpg and /media/cdrom/subfolder/pic2.jpg will both be copied to /home/user/pics. I know I have to use something like for and the cp command, but I'm new to programming and need some help getting started. Thanks.

[GNU-Fan]

You shouldn't need a script. Employ the "r" and "t" option.

[gimmejimmy]

Thanks. If some of the source files are in subdirectories, how do I get cp to just copy them all to the same target directory?

[lomcevak]

I would use the 'find' command as follows (using your example):

find /media/cdrom -type f -name "*.jpg" -exec cp {} /home/user/pics/ \;

[gimmejimmy]

Thank you, that would work. What if I need to find multiple file types, not just *.jpg? Also, I'd like to also find files of the correct type that may have incorrect or missing file extensions. The "file" command can do this. So far I have:

find /media/cdrom -type f -exec file '{}' \;|grep image

which finds all images of various types, but how do I pipe this into "cp"?

find ./t1 -type f -exec file '{}' \;|grep image|xargs -0 cp {} /home/user/pics

gives "Not a directory" error citing the entire output of the "File" command.

[lomcevak]

For multiple filetypes, say .jpg and .mpeg

find /media/cdrom -type f \( -name "*.jpg" -o -name "*.mpeg" \) -exec cp {} /home/user/pics/ \;

Checking the type of file with 'file':

find ./t1 -type f -exec file '{}' \; | grep image | awk '{print $1}' | \
sed 's/:$//' | xargs -I xxx cp xxx /home/user/pics

[gimmejimmy]

Thanks. Here's the final form:

find ./t1 -type f -exec file -F:pixlp: '{}' \;|grep "image data"|sed 's/:pixlp:.*//'|xargs -I xxx cp xxx ./t2