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Copy/Paste loop code

rated 0 times [ 5] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 1442 / 1 Year ago, thu, december 15, 2022, 4:47:39

I am new in Linux so here is my very basic question. I have a directory with 41 folders. I need to create a loop so that the process goes into each folder, copy all the files and then paste everything in a specific folder.

Any idea how to approach this? It would be a lot of clicking without a code solution

In the image you can see all the folders I need to access and the output folder where I want to paste everything (zPASTE_EVERYTHING_HERE)

My path is: /shared/home/data/output

Would like to paste everything in: /shared/home/data/output/zPASTE_EVERYTHING_HERE

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answered 1 Year ago eanda · Accepted Answer

Assuming that:

The folders to be copied and their files are under /home/gcgm/myfolders

The output folder is /tmp/output-folder

If you need to copy all files to another folder, you can do the following:

mkdir /tmp/output-folder

cd /home/gcgm/myfolders

cp */* /tmp/output-folder

The meaning of */* in the this commandcp / target` is:

Take all files (the 2nd *) in all directories (the first *) under the current directory.