I’m using “find . -name ‘*-FLAIR’ -type d -ls -exec cp -lr -t …/…/…/media_links/ {} ; | grep ‘Aug 18’” to make hardlinks for directories created on a certain date. However, I always get an error saying that it can’t create hardlinks for a folder that doesn’t even match the find criteria, while it works for the folders that I wanted. So, everything works, but I just wanna know why I’m getting that error. Any help? lmk if u need more info
Your grep is getting the output of find piped into it, so there’s nothing in the find command itself (which has the -exec in there) to filter it down so it applies to everything find finds. You’re filtering for ‘Aug 18’ afterfind has already -exec the cp -ltr command.
I’m using “find . -name ‘*-FLAIR’ -type d -ls -exec cp -lr -t …/…/…/media_links/ {} ; | grep ‘Aug 18’” to make hardlinks for directories created on a certain date. However, I always get an error saying that it can’t create hardlinks for a folder that doesn’t even match the find criteria, while it works for the folders that I wanted. So, everything works, but I just wanna know why I’m getting that error. Any help? lmk if u need more info
Your
grepis getting the output of find piped into it, so there’s nothing in the find command itself (which has the-execin there) to filter it down so it applies to everythingfindfinds. You’re filtering for ‘Aug 18’ afterfindhas already-execthecp -ltrcommand.You probably want this:
Oh the files don’t have the date in their names. Is -name still gonna work with ‘Aug 18’? I’m parsing for the date shown by -ls.
Try swapping the positions of
-name ‘*-FLAIR’and-type dPerhaps you need to use -ctime parameter on find command.
That might be a lifesaver! I’ll try it today. I also see there’s a -cmin parameter which lets me be even more specific. Thanks