BASH copy all files except one
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I would like to copy all files out of a dir except for one named Default.png. It seems that there are a number of ways to do this. What seems the most effective to you?
Linux Solutions
Solution 1 - Linux
Should be as follows:
cp -r !(Default.png) /dest
If copying to a folder nested in the current folder (called example in the case below) you need to omit that directory also:
cp -r !(Default.png|example) /example
Solution 2 - Linux
rsync has been my cp/scp replacement for a long time:
rsync -av from/ to/ --exclude=Default.png
-a, --archive archive mode; equals -rlptgoD (no -H,-A,-X)
-v, --verbose increase verbosity
Solution 3 - Linux
Simple, if src/ only contains files:
find src/ ! -name Default.png -exec cp -t dest/ {} +
If src/ has sub-directories, this omits them, but does copy files inside of them:
find src/ -type f ! -name Default.png -exec cp -t dest/ {} +
If src/ has sub-directories, this does not recurse into them:
find src/ -type f -maxdepth 1 ! -name Default.png -exec cp -t dest/ {} +
Solution 4 - Linux
I'd just do:
cp srcdir/* destdir/ ; rm destdir/Default.png
unless the files are big. Otherwise use e.g.
find srcdir -type f/ |grep -v Default.png$ |xargs -ILIST cp LIST destdir/
Solution 5 - Linux
cp `ls | grep -v Default.png` destdir
Solution 6 - Linux
Jan, 2022 Update:
This is the easiest way(It's not complicated).
First, make "temp" folder:
mkdir temp
Second, copy all files from your original folder to "temp" folder:
"-R" flag can copy exactly all files including "Symbolic Links"
cp -R originalFolder/. temp/
Third, remove "Default.png" from "temp" folder:
rm temp/Default.png
Finally, copy all files from "temp" folder to your destination folder:
cp -R temp/. destinationFolder/
In addition, this is the shortest way without "temp" folder:
cp -R originalFolder/!(Default.png) destinationFolder/
Solution 7 - Linux
Below script worked for me
cp -r `ls -A | grep -v 'skip folder/file name'` destination
Solution 8 - Linux
# chattr +i /files_to_exclude
# cp source destination
# chattr -i /files_to_exclude
Solution 9 - Linux
use the shell's expansion parameter with regex
cp /<path>/[^not_to_copy_file]* .
Everything will be copied except for the not_to_copy_file
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