Bash – Copy All Files With Certain Length File Name

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In directory /source I'd like to copy all files with a file name more than 15 characters to directory /dest. Is there a UNIX command to do this?

EDIT: Although this question explains how to search for a filename of a certain length, my question also asks how to copy the file.

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You can make a pattern with 16-or-more characters and copy those files.

A simple (but not elegant) approach, using 16 ? characters, each matching any single character:

for n in /source/????????????????*;do [ -f "$n" ] && cp "$n" /dest/; done

After the 16th ?, use * to match any number of characters. The pattern might not really match anything, so a test -f to ensure it is a file is still needed.

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Find – How to Move or Copy All Files to a Directory with the Same Filename Prefix

It would be a hell to tell find what to do in this case.

Better use the shell:

for i in **/*.{xrt,ini,moo}; do
  FILE=$(basename "$i")
  DIR=~/dst/${FILE%.*}
  echo mkdir -p -- "$DIR"
  echo mv -i -t "$DIR" -- "$i"
done

Use shopt -s globstar to make the ** glob work (or use zsh!). And remove the echos later if the command prints what you want.

Specify file name with curl –upload-file

curl -v --user 'username:password' --upload-file {path}/{binaire} {your_url}/{binaire}

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Specify file name with curl –upload-file

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