UNIX quesiton about find and exec - GoFuckYourself.com

ammo325 · 09-19-2005, 06:33 AM

I have a question, I am trying to copy multiple files (with the same name) in to their own directories (multiple directories) while changing the name of the destination file. This is what I have so far:
find /home/sites/lostbush.com/htdocs/babes/*/ -name "lot.html" -exec cp {} lota.html \;

The problem is that this command copies a file with the new name into the directory it is launched from, not from the same directory as the files analyzed in the find query. Does any one have a solution to this?

09-19-2005, 06:33 AM	#1
ammo325 Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: LV Nev Posts: 467	UNIX quesiton about find and exec I have a question, I am trying to copy multiple files (with the same name) in to their own directories (multiple directories) while changing the name of the destination file. This is what I have so far: find /home/sites/lostbush.com/htdocs/babes/*/ -name "lot.html" -exec cp {} lota.html \; The problem is that this command copies a file with the new name into the directory it is launched from, not from the same directory as the files analyzed in the find query. Does any one have a solution to this? __________________ Submit to Lostbush