Bash script to move all png files in folder and its subfolders to another directory?












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In ~/Desktop/a/ , I have .png files, and there are also subfolders within this that also have .png files.



I'd like to move all of those .png files to another folder.



This is my code so far. It runs, but nothing is placed into the target folder. What is the problem?



#!/bin/bash

cd ~/Desktop/a/

for f in $(find . -type f -name "*.png")

do 

    mv $f ~/Desktop/new/

done





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    This might help: How to debug a bash script?

    – Cyrus
    Nov 25 '18 at 8:25











  • See: Copy every file of entire directory structure into base path of another

    – Cyrus
    Nov 25 '18 at 8:28











  • I do not see why this script should fail silently. But in any case I would enclose $f in double quotes. You may want to try echo instead of mv.

    – tif
    Nov 25 '18 at 8:30











  • for f in $(find ...) is basically a bug. See mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls#for_f_in_.24.28ls_.2A.mp3.29.

    – melpomene
    Nov 25 '18 at 8:32
















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In ~/Desktop/a/ , I have .png files, and there are also subfolders within this that also have .png files.



I'd like to move all of those .png files to another folder.



This is my code so far. It runs, but nothing is placed into the target folder. What is the problem?



#!/bin/bash

cd ~/Desktop/a/

for f in $(find . -type f -name "*.png")

do 

    mv $f ~/Desktop/new/

done





bash







share|improve this question


















  • 2





    This might help: How to debug a bash script?

    – Cyrus
    Nov 25 '18 at 8:25











  • See: Copy every file of entire directory structure into base path of another

    – Cyrus
    Nov 25 '18 at 8:28











  • I do not see why this script should fail silently. But in any case I would enclose $f in double quotes. You may want to try echo instead of mv.

    – tif
    Nov 25 '18 at 8:30











  • for f in $(find ...) is basically a bug. See mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls#for_f_in_.24.28ls_.2A.mp3.29.

    – melpomene
    Nov 25 '18 at 8:32














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In ~/Desktop/a/ , I have .png files, and there are also subfolders within this that also have .png files.



I'd like to move all of those .png files to another folder.



This is my code so far. It runs, but nothing is placed into the target folder. What is the problem?



#!/bin/bash

cd ~/Desktop/a/

for f in $(find . -type f -name "*.png")

do 

    mv $f ~/Desktop/new/

done





bash







share|improve this question














In ~/Desktop/a/ , I have .png files, and there are also subfolders within this that also have .png files.



I'd like to move all of those .png files to another folder.



This is my code so far. It runs, but nothing is placed into the target folder. What is the problem?



#!/bin/bash

cd ~/Desktop/a/

for f in $(find . -type f -name "*.png")

do 

    mv $f ~/Desktop/new/

done





bash




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  • 2





    This might help: How to debug a bash script?

    – Cyrus
    Nov 25 '18 at 8:25











  • See: Copy every file of entire directory structure into base path of another

    – Cyrus
    Nov 25 '18 at 8:28











  • I do not see why this script should fail silently. But in any case I would enclose $f in double quotes. You may want to try echo instead of mv.

    – tif
    Nov 25 '18 at 8:30











  • for f in $(find ...) is basically a bug. See mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls#for_f_in_.24.28ls_.2A.mp3.29.

    – melpomene
    Nov 25 '18 at 8:32














  • 2





    This might help: How to debug a bash script?

    – Cyrus
    Nov 25 '18 at 8:25











  • See: Copy every file of entire directory structure into base path of another

    – Cyrus
    Nov 25 '18 at 8:28











  • I do not see why this script should fail silently. But in any case I would enclose $f in double quotes. You may want to try echo instead of mv.

    – tif
    Nov 25 '18 at 8:30











  • for f in $(find ...) is basically a bug. See mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls#for_f_in_.24.28ls_.2A.mp3.29.

    – melpomene
    Nov 25 '18 at 8:32








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2





This might help: How to debug a bash script?

– Cyrus
Nov 25 '18 at 8:25





This might help: How to debug a bash script?

– Cyrus
Nov 25 '18 at 8:25













See: Copy every file of entire directory structure into base path of another

– Cyrus
Nov 25 '18 at 8:28





See: Copy every file of entire directory structure into base path of another

– Cyrus
Nov 25 '18 at 8:28













I do not see why this script should fail silently. But in any case I would enclose $f in double quotes. You may want to try echo instead of mv.

– tif
Nov 25 '18 at 8:30





I do not see why this script should fail silently. But in any case I would enclose $f in double quotes. You may want to try echo instead of mv.

– tif
Nov 25 '18 at 8:30













for f in $(find ...) is basically a bug. See mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls#for_f_in_.24.28ls_.2A.mp3.29.

– melpomene
Nov 25 '18 at 8:32





for f in $(find ...) is basically a bug. See mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls#for_f_in_.24.28ls_.2A.mp3.29.

– melpomene
Nov 25 '18 at 8:32












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I guess that these image filenames maybe include spaces or other special characters.



find ~/Desktop/a/ -type f -name "*.png" -exec mv "{}" ~/Desktop/new/ ;


or



find ~/Desktop/a/ -type f -name "*.png" -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} mv "{}" ~/Desktop/new/





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    If your bash is new enough, you can also use globstar:



    cd ~/Desktop/a || exit 1
    
shopt -s globstar
    
mv -- **/*.png ~/Desktop/new


    Or (if there are too many files to fit in a single command line):



    shopt -s globstar
    
for f in ~/Desktop/a/**/*.png; do
    
    mv -- "$f" ~/Desktop/new
    
done





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      I guess that these image filenames maybe include spaces or other special characters.



      find ~/Desktop/a/ -type f -name "*.png" -exec mv "{}" ~/Desktop/new/ ;


      or



      find ~/Desktop/a/ -type f -name "*.png" -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} mv "{}" ~/Desktop/new/





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        I guess that these image filenames maybe include spaces or other special characters.



        find ~/Desktop/a/ -type f -name "*.png" -exec mv "{}" ~/Desktop/new/ ;


        or



        find ~/Desktop/a/ -type f -name "*.png" -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} mv "{}" ~/Desktop/new/





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          I guess that these image filenames maybe include spaces or other special characters.



          find ~/Desktop/a/ -type f -name "*.png" -exec mv "{}" ~/Desktop/new/ ;


          or



          find ~/Desktop/a/ -type f -name "*.png" -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} mv "{}" ~/Desktop/new/





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          I guess that these image filenames maybe include spaces or other special characters.



          find ~/Desktop/a/ -type f -name "*.png" -exec mv "{}" ~/Desktop/new/ ;


          or



          find ~/Desktop/a/ -type f -name "*.png" -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} mv "{}" ~/Desktop/new/






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              If your bash is new enough, you can also use globstar:



              cd ~/Desktop/a || exit 1
              
shopt -s globstar
              
mv -- **/*.png ~/Desktop/new


              Or (if there are too many files to fit in a single command line):



              shopt -s globstar
              
for f in ~/Desktop/a/**/*.png; do
              
    mv -- "$f" ~/Desktop/new
              
done





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                If your bash is new enough, you can also use globstar:



                cd ~/Desktop/a || exit 1
                
shopt -s globstar
                
mv -- **/*.png ~/Desktop/new


                Or (if there are too many files to fit in a single command line):



                shopt -s globstar
                
for f in ~/Desktop/a/**/*.png; do
                
    mv -- "$f" ~/Desktop/new
                
done





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                  If your bash is new enough, you can also use globstar:



                  cd ~/Desktop/a || exit 1
                  
shopt -s globstar
                  
mv -- **/*.png ~/Desktop/new


                  Or (if there are too many files to fit in a single command line):



                  shopt -s globstar
                  
for f in ~/Desktop/a/**/*.png; do
                  
    mv -- "$f" ~/Desktop/new
                  
done





                  share|improve this answer













                  If your bash is new enough, you can also use globstar:



                  cd ~/Desktop/a || exit 1
                  
shopt -s globstar
                  
mv -- **/*.png ~/Desktop/new


                  Or (if there are too many files to fit in a single command line):



                  shopt -s globstar
                  
for f in ~/Desktop/a/**/*.png; do
                  
    mv -- "$f" ~/Desktop/new
                  
done






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