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I'm trying to find and move some files from /home/user/fol1 to /home/user/fol2.


Generally I would use



find . -type f -name "abc*" -exec mv -t "/path/to/foo/bar" {} +


but this overwrites files with same names already present in /path/to/foo/bar.

I want it to skip the files if already present there.


If this requires a loop, I also need an output either plain output on shell or in a log file.


Any ideas?










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  • Do you want to have all files in a single directory /path/to/foo/bar even if they were in subdirectories? Example: File baz/abcdef would be moved to /path/to/foo/bar/abcdef. Or would you want /path/to/foo/bar/baz/abcdef? In case you don't have files in subdirectories you would not need find.

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I'm trying to find and move some files from /home/user/fol1 to /home/user/fol2.


Generally I would use



find . -type f -name "abc*" -exec mv -t "/path/to/foo/bar" {} +


but this overwrites files with same names already present in /path/to/foo/bar.

I want it to skip the files if already present there.


If this requires a loop, I also need an output either plain output on shell or in a log file.


Any ideas?










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  • Do you want to have all files in a single directory /path/to/foo/bar even if they were in subdirectories? Example: File baz/abcdef would be moved to /path/to/foo/bar/abcdef. Or would you want /path/to/foo/bar/baz/abcdef? In case you don't have files in subdirectories you would not need find.

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I'm trying to find and move some files from /home/user/fol1 to /home/user/fol2.


Generally I would use



find . -type f -name "abc*" -exec mv -t "/path/to/foo/bar" {} +


but this overwrites files with same names already present in /path/to/foo/bar.

I want it to skip the files if already present there.


If this requires a loop, I also need an output either plain output on shell or in a log file.


Any ideas?










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I'm trying to find and move some files from /home/user/fol1 to /home/user/fol2.


Generally I would use



find . -type f -name "abc*" -exec mv -t "/path/to/foo/bar" {} +


but this overwrites files with same names already present in /path/to/foo/bar.

I want it to skip the files if already present there.


If this requires a loop, I also need an output either plain output on shell or in a log file.


Any ideas?







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  • Do you want to have all files in a single directory /path/to/foo/bar even if they were in subdirectories? Example: File baz/abcdef would be moved to /path/to/foo/bar/abcdef. Or would you want /path/to/foo/bar/baz/abcdef? In case you don't have files in subdirectories you would not need find.

    – Bodo
    14 hours ago





















  • Do you want to have all files in a single directory /path/to/foo/bar even if they were in subdirectories? Example: File baz/abcdef would be moved to /path/to/foo/bar/abcdef. Or would you want /path/to/foo/bar/baz/abcdef? In case you don't have files in subdirectories you would not need find.

    – Bodo
    14 hours ago



















Do you want to have all files in a single directory /path/to/foo/bar even if they were in subdirectories? Example: File baz/abcdef would be moved to /path/to/foo/bar/abcdef. Or would you want /path/to/foo/bar/baz/abcdef? In case you don't have files in subdirectories you would not need find.

– Bodo
14 hours ago







Do you want to have all files in a single directory /path/to/foo/bar even if they were in subdirectories? Example: File baz/abcdef would be moved to /path/to/foo/bar/abcdef. Or would you want /path/to/foo/bar/baz/abcdef? In case you don't have files in subdirectories you would not need find.

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14 hours ago












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You can use n option:



find . -type f -name "abc*" -exec mv -nt "/path/to/foo/bar" "{}" +


From man mv:



-n, --no-clobber
do not overwrite an existing file





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    You can use n option:



    find . -type f -name "abc*" -exec mv -nt "/path/to/foo/bar" "{}" +


    From man mv:



    -n, --no-clobber
    do not overwrite an existing file





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      You can use n option:



      find . -type f -name "abc*" -exec mv -nt "/path/to/foo/bar" "{}" +


      From man mv:



      -n, --no-clobber
      do not overwrite an existing file





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        find . -type f -name "abc*" -exec mv -nt "/path/to/foo/bar" "{}" +


        From man mv:



        -n, --no-clobber
        do not overwrite an existing file





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        find . -type f -name "abc*" -exec mv -nt "/path/to/foo/bar" "{}" +


        From man mv:



        -n, --no-clobber
        do not overwrite an existing file






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