Locate and copy list of files on local drive

[patski]

Hi folks,

I'm trying to wrap my head around a problem and was hoping that a brainiac out there could help me out.

I have a text file that contains several hundred file names that look like this:

A002_C006_1119YZ.MOV
A003_C005_1119A1.MOV
A005_C004_1119SZ.MOV

I'm trying to work out how to run a "find" command for all of the files, and then copy them to a local drive. I know the individual commands but not how to string them all together.

Any help would be gratefully received!

Best,

Patski.

[watael]

hi,

find <optionS> -exec sh -c '<commandS> "$1"' _ {} \;

which passes one file at a time to sh
or

find <optionS> -exec sh -c '<commandS> "$@"' _ {} \+

which passes every files at the same time to sh.

_ is a dummy parameter because sh when used with -c, starts its positional parameters at $0, and $@ starts at $1.

[patski]

Thanks a lot for replying Watael - I'll give it a try!

Best

Patski