move/copy file by extension preserving directories hierarchy.

[Mike Smithson]

On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 15:25:27 -0700, tizio incognito <jeeglio at yahoo.it>  
wrote:

> I don't know if it has benn already asked, but it could be a nice  
> feature the possibility to move/copy files recursively by extension  
> preserving the directory structure. I'll better explain by an example:
>
>
> src dir
> |
> +- sub dir 1
>
> |  +- file1.png
>
> |  +- file1.jpeg
>
> |
>
> +- sub dir 2
>
>    +- file2.png
>
>    +- file2.jpeg
>
>
> command: move_by_ext *.pngsrc_dir dest_dir
>
> dest dir
> |
> +- sub dir 1
>
> |  +- file1.png
>
> |
>
> +- sub dir 2
>
>    +- file2.png
>
>
> Thanks in advance
> Daniele Giglio

I say this is a job for the F2 menu. That's where you can get
all picky and funny with stuff like this. I have never once
required this nitpicking of directory contents in 20 years of
using mc, but I have many other bizarre scripts that do oddball
things like this that I personally require all the time, so
I'll give you a hint:

tar cvf test.tar $(find /path/to/dir -name '*.png')

then move the test.tar where you want, and un-tar it.


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