In Linux, how to copy all the files not starting with a given string?
A variation on Konrad answer, using cp option -t to specify target directory simplifies the last command. It creates a single cp process to copy all the files.
ls src_folder | grep -v '^String' | xargs cp -t dest_folder- list all files in
src_folder - filter out all those that start with
String - copy all remaining files to
dest_dir
ls src_folder | grep -v '^String' | xargs -J % -n1 cp % dest_folderThis will
- list all files in
src_folder - filter out all those that start with
String(so that the rest remains) - Invoke the
cpcommand- once for each of those files (
-n1says to callcpfor each of them separately) - using, as its arguments,
% dest_folder, where%is replaced by the actual file name.
- once for each of those files (