[Tfug] Need help with a complicated command line copy...

[Paul Lemmons]

> 
> # find /source/directory -type f | xargs -i{} rsync -u "{}" /dest/dir
> 
> I just reread the part where you do not want to reserve the directory 
> structure.
> 
> 
I am not sure why we are getting all of the complicated solutions to 
what seems very simple. I played with this a bit and this looks like it 
works and is a very simple solution.

find /source/directory -type f | xargs -i{} rsync -uptv "{}" /dest/dir

Am I missing something? If you are looking only for particular file 
types you can use the -name option of find.

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