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What I want to do is search for all the files whose name meet a certain requirement (starts with 's', followed by either a '1' or a '2' and end with 'sh') and then copy the contents of all those files into a new file, (name ending with .txt).



So far, what I think it should look like is this:



cat / "s[1-2]*sh" >> /home/admin/Desktop/myFile.txt


But it does not work and I'm completely out of ideas. I'm running ubuntu 18.04.1






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  • All files everywhere or all files in a certain directory?

    – Jesse_b
    48 mins ago











  • All files everywhere

    – Eleuis
    46 mins ago











  • In what way does it not work? What happens?

    – ctrl-alt-delor
    16 mins ago











  • @ctrl-alt-delor: cat: /: Is a directory

    – Jesse_b
    7 mins ago

















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What I want to do is search for all the files whose name meet a certain requirement (starts with 's', followed by either a '1' or a '2' and end with 'sh') and then copy the contents of all those files into a new file, (name ending with .txt).



So far, what I think it should look like is this:



cat / "s[1-2]*sh" >> /home/admin/Desktop/myFile.txt


But it does not work and I'm completely out of ideas. I'm running ubuntu 18.04.1






linux







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  • All files everywhere or all files in a certain directory?

    – Jesse_b
    48 mins ago











  • All files everywhere

    – Eleuis
    46 mins ago











  • In what way does it not work? What happens?

    – ctrl-alt-delor
    16 mins ago











  • @ctrl-alt-delor: cat: /: Is a directory

    – Jesse_b
    7 mins ago













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What I want to do is search for all the files whose name meet a certain requirement (starts with 's', followed by either a '1' or a '2' and end with 'sh') and then copy the contents of all those files into a new file, (name ending with .txt).



So far, what I think it should look like is this:



cat / "s[1-2]*sh" >> /home/admin/Desktop/myFile.txt


But it does not work and I'm completely out of ideas. I'm running ubuntu 18.04.1






linux







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What I want to do is search for all the files whose name meet a certain requirement (starts with 's', followed by either a '1' or a '2' and end with 'sh') and then copy the contents of all those files into a new file, (name ending with .txt).



So far, what I think it should look like is this:



cat / "s[1-2]*sh" >> /home/admin/Desktop/myFile.txt


But it does not work and I'm completely out of ideas. I'm running ubuntu 18.04.1






linux




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  • All files everywhere or all files in a certain directory?

    – Jesse_b
    48 mins ago











  • All files everywhere

    – Eleuis
    46 mins ago











  • In what way does it not work? What happens?

    – ctrl-alt-delor
    16 mins ago











  • @ctrl-alt-delor: cat: /: Is a directory

    – Jesse_b
    7 mins ago

















  • All files everywhere or all files in a certain directory?

    – Jesse_b
    48 mins ago











  • All files everywhere

    – Eleuis
    46 mins ago











  • In what way does it not work? What happens?

    – ctrl-alt-delor
    16 mins ago











  • @ctrl-alt-delor: cat: /: Is a directory

    – Jesse_b
    7 mins ago
















All files everywhere or all files in a certain directory?

– Jesse_b
48 mins ago





All files everywhere or all files in a certain directory?

– Jesse_b
48 mins ago













All files everywhere

– Eleuis
46 mins ago





All files everywhere

– Eleuis
46 mins ago













In what way does it not work? What happens?

– ctrl-alt-delor
16 mins ago





In what way does it not work? What happens?

– ctrl-alt-delor
16 mins ago













@ctrl-alt-delor: cat: /: Is a directory

– Jesse_b
7 mins ago





@ctrl-alt-delor: cat: /: Is a directory

– Jesse_b
7 mins ago










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To concatenate the files in your current directory:



cat s[12]*sh > /home/admin/Desktop/myFile.txt


To find and concatenate the files in your current directory and subdirectories:



find . -name "s[12]*sh" -exec cat '' > /home/admin/Desktop/myFile.txt ;


To find and concatenate the files everywhere:



find / -name "s[12]*sh" -exec cat '' > /home/admin/Desktop/myFile.txt ;





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    note that find -exec cat > out.txt ; is exactly equivalent to find -exec cat ; > out.txt as the shell processes the redirection before find runs, and it applies to the whole find process. So you might as well put the ; before the redirection for clarity. Also, you can use -exec cat + to have find pass more than one file name to each cat invocation. The effect is the same, but it can be faster for large numbers of files.

    – ilkkachu
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To concatenate the files in your current directory:



cat s[12]*sh > /home/admin/Desktop/myFile.txt


To find and concatenate the files in your current directory and subdirectories:



find . -name "s[12]*sh" -exec cat '' > /home/admin/Desktop/myFile.txt ;


To find and concatenate the files everywhere:



find / -name "s[12]*sh" -exec cat '' > /home/admin/Desktop/myFile.txt ;





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    note that find -exec cat > out.txt ; is exactly equivalent to find -exec cat ; > out.txt as the shell processes the redirection before find runs, and it applies to the whole find process. So you might as well put the ; before the redirection for clarity. Also, you can use -exec cat + to have find pass more than one file name to each cat invocation. The effect is the same, but it can be faster for large numbers of files.

    – ilkkachu
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  • It works perfectly, thank you

    – Eleuis
    38 mins ago











  • To accept an answer click the ✓

    – ctrl-alt-delor
    15 mins ago















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To concatenate the files in your current directory:



cat s[12]*sh > /home/admin/Desktop/myFile.txt


To find and concatenate the files in your current directory and subdirectories:



find . -name "s[12]*sh" -exec cat '' > /home/admin/Desktop/myFile.txt ;


To find and concatenate the files everywhere:



find / -name "s[12]*sh" -exec cat '' > /home/admin/Desktop/myFile.txt ;





share|improve this answer


















  • 2





    note that find -exec cat > out.txt ; is exactly equivalent to find -exec cat ; > out.txt as the shell processes the redirection before find runs, and it applies to the whole find process. So you might as well put the ; before the redirection for clarity. Also, you can use -exec cat + to have find pass more than one file name to each cat invocation. The effect is the same, but it can be faster for large numbers of files.

    – ilkkachu
    39 mins ago











  • It works perfectly, thank you

    – Eleuis
    38 mins ago











  • To accept an answer click the ✓

    – ctrl-alt-delor
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To concatenate the files in your current directory:



cat s[12]*sh > /home/admin/Desktop/myFile.txt


To find and concatenate the files in your current directory and subdirectories:



find . -name "s[12]*sh" -exec cat '' > /home/admin/Desktop/myFile.txt ;


To find and concatenate the files everywhere:



find / -name "s[12]*sh" -exec cat '' > /home/admin/Desktop/myFile.txt ;





share|improve this answer













To concatenate the files in your current directory:



cat s[12]*sh > /home/admin/Desktop/myFile.txt


To find and concatenate the files in your current directory and subdirectories:



find . -name "s[12]*sh" -exec cat '' > /home/admin/Desktop/myFile.txt ;


To find and concatenate the files everywhere:



find / -name "s[12]*sh" -exec cat '' > /home/admin/Desktop/myFile.txt ;






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    note that find -exec cat > out.txt ; is exactly equivalent to find -exec cat ; > out.txt as the shell processes the redirection before find runs, and it applies to the whole find process. So you might as well put the ; before the redirection for clarity. Also, you can use -exec cat + to have find pass more than one file name to each cat invocation. The effect is the same, but it can be faster for large numbers of files.

    – ilkkachu
    39 mins ago











  • It works perfectly, thank you

    – Eleuis
    38 mins ago











  • To accept an answer click the ✓

    – ctrl-alt-delor
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  • 2





    note that find -exec cat > out.txt ; is exactly equivalent to find -exec cat ; > out.txt as the shell processes the redirection before find runs, and it applies to the whole find process. So you might as well put the ; before the redirection for clarity. Also, you can use -exec cat + to have find pass more than one file name to each cat invocation. The effect is the same, but it can be faster for large numbers of files.

    – ilkkachu
    39 mins ago











  • It works perfectly, thank you

    – Eleuis
    38 mins ago











  • To accept an answer click the ✓

    – ctrl-alt-delor
    15 mins ago







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2





note that find -exec cat > out.txt ; is exactly equivalent to find -exec cat ; > out.txt as the shell processes the redirection before find runs, and it applies to the whole find process. So you might as well put the ; before the redirection for clarity. Also, you can use -exec cat + to have find pass more than one file name to each cat invocation. The effect is the same, but it can be faster for large numbers of files.

– ilkkachu
39 mins ago





note that find -exec cat > out.txt ; is exactly equivalent to find -exec cat ; > out.txt as the shell processes the redirection before find runs, and it applies to the whole find process. So you might as well put the ; before the redirection for clarity. Also, you can use -exec cat + to have find pass more than one file name to each cat invocation. The effect is the same, but it can be faster for large numbers of files.

– ilkkachu
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It works perfectly, thank you

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It works perfectly, thank you

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