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Copy a file to multiple folders with specific name (Automator or script)

I want to replace a specific file eg. file.js which is located in different folderstructures but always in the same folder named "core" by another file with the same name.

Example: copy "file.js" to all "core" folders which are in different subfolders of a folder

Example:

from:

x1 / file.js

to:

x / a / a1 / a3 / core /file.js

x / b / b1 / core / file.js

I tried a solution in automator on osx, but I didn't manage to store a filepath of the core folders or to copy the file to a path variable.

Does anyone know a solution?

shell script or automator or any other automated solution

Solution

  • This should do it as a bash script but test it on a copy of temporary data first:

    find . -name core -type d -execdir bash -c 'cd core && [ -f file.js ] && cp SOMENEWFILE .' \;

    Replace the cp SOMENEWFILE . with pwd to test and see which directories it would copy to.