Copying Nested Files

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 22:52:51 -0400

A one-liner for copying nested files with a specific extension to a new location:

find /tmp/AudioBooks -type f -name "*.m4b" -exec cp {} ~/AudioBooks ;

The example will find all the .m4b files in /tmp/AudioBooks and copy them into ~/AudioBooks. If there are subdirectories, the files within those will be copied, too.

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Copying Nested Files