Copy files of specific type from parent to child folder

terminal

I can successfully copy the file from the folder "objects" (the directory I'm in) to it's subfolder "access" with this code in Terminal. 

find . -name *.pdf -exec cp {} ./access \;

But the code is also looking into the "access folder" for files to copy and I get this message

cp: ./access/cuid12368.pdf and ./access/cuid12368.pdf are identical (not copied).

Is there a way to not have it look into the "access" folder for files to copy?

Best Answer

The find command is not necessary for this operation. Use:

cp *.pdf access/.

This copies all PDF files to the access subfolder and is much prettier and simpler than the equivalent find command.

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