Script for moving all *.512.png to a new folder

Question

Can you make a script(bash) for moving all the files with the ending *.512.png to a new folder like res512(will be new branch) (keeping all the subfolders) for this repo I tried really long but I can't figure it out.

Answer 1

You're not very specific with what you're asking.

If you want to move all files that have the suffix .512.png from within your current directory to a new directory, you can use the following

mkdir res512
cp -r *.512.png res512/

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If you want to move all files that have the suffix .512.png from within your directory and all child directories into a new directory, you can use

mkdir res512
for f in $(find -type f -name "*.512.png")
do 
    cp $f res512/
done

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If you want to move all files that have the suffix .512.png including their directory structure into a new directory, you can use

find . -name '*.512.png' -exec cp --parents \{\} res512/ \;

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Replace cp with mv if you want to move the files instead of copy them.