Using multiple wildcards in path to run command on all files in directory
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I'm trying to run a for loop that copies all files in a directory and then place them in a backup directory. There are multiple sub-directories with varying names so I thought I should use multiple wildcards so I didn't have to list all of them out and add another for loop in. This is my script
#!/bin/bash
DIR="/home/users/data/*"
for file in $DIR
do
cp "$file"/**/**/*.txt* "$DIR"/backup/"$file"
done
When I run it though the script can't go into the sub directories and thinks the directory is
/directory1/**/**/*.txt*
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
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I'm trying to run a for loop that copies all files in a directory and then place them in a backup directory. There are multiple sub-directories with varying names so I thought I should use multiple wildcards so I didn't have to list all of them out and add another for loop in. This is my script
#!/bin/bash
DIR="/home/users/data/*"
for file in $DIR
do
cp "$file"/**/**/*.txt* "$DIR"/backup/"$file"
done
When I run it though the script can't go into the sub directories and thinks the directory is
/directory1/**/**/*.txt*
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
bash wildcards
asked 5 mins ago
M76
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I'm trying to run a for loop that copies all files in a directory and then place them in a backup directory. There are multiple sub-directories with varying names so I thought I should use multiple wildcards so I didn't have to list all of them out and add another for loop in. This is my script
#!/bin/bash
DIR="/home/users/data/*"
for file in $DIR
do
cp "$file"/**/**/*.txt* "$DIR"/backup/"$file"
done
When I run it though the script can't go into the sub directories and thinks the directory is
/directory1/**/**/*.txt*
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
bash wildcards
asked 5 mins ago
M76
1
I'm trying to run a for loop that copies all files in a directory and then place them in a backup directory. There are multiple sub-directories with varying names so I thought I should use multiple wildcards so I didn't have to list all of them out and add another for loop in. This is my script
#!/bin/bash
DIR="/home/users/data/*"
for file in $DIR
do
cp "$file"/**/**/*.txt* "$DIR"/backup/"$file"
done
When I run it though the script can't go into the sub directories and thinks the directory is
/directory1/**/**/*.txt*
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
bash wildcards
bash wildcards
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M76
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