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How can I copy files that are not bigger than 200MB using the terminal?

rated 0 times [ 9] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 8157 / 1 Year ago, fri, april 28, 2023, 9:46:38

The question says it all. I want to copy files in the terminal, but there are a few big files I don't want to copy (because they are backups). Is there a command to do that?

Something like cp --max-size=200MB?

I know rsync has such an option. Is that the way to go?

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answered 1 Year ago rofity · Accepted Answer

Try using the find command to build a list of files under 200MB and copy them to a dir.

find . -size -200M -exec cp -r {} dir/ ;