LINUX: FIND COMMANDS TO FIND A FILE AND COPY AND BACK IT UP IN ANOTHER DIRECTORY

Following is command to use. Below command finds showvnics file under /app1 directory and backs it up /app2 directory with .bckp extension.

find /app1 -name showvnics -exec cp {} /app2/{}.bkup \;

 

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Article Author: Tarun Boyella