Search for files w/extension, then zip them to a different directory?

xpac · 06-26-2019, 12:31 PM

Hi, basically I'm trying to find files with a certain extension in a directory (this part works fine), and then zip those files to a different location.

This works fine for zipping them to the location they are found in:

Code:

find ../somedirectory -type f -name "*.txt" -exec zip "$(basename {})"zip {} \;

However I need to send the zip file to a different directory so I'm trying this with no luck:

Code:

find ../somedirectory -type f -name "*.txt" -exec zip "/someotherdirectory/$(basename {})"zip {} \;

I get this:

Code:

zip I/O error: No such file or directory

I'm sure this is something simple I am missing?

Turbocapitalist · 06-26-2019, 01:30 PM

The command substitution seems to be not getting the {} placeholder filled in time. Try it in a shell:

Code:

find ../somedirectory -type f -name "*.txt" \
    -exec sh -c 'zip "/someotherdirectory/$(basename {})".zip {}' \;

It will slow it down but it should work.

BW-userx · 06-26-2019, 03:17 PM

puts it all into one zip file

Code:

 find path -type f -name "*.txt" -print | zip path/nameOfFile.zip -@

xpac · 06-26-2019, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turbocapitalist

The command substitution seems to be not getting the {} placeholder filled in time. Try it in a shell:

Code:

find ../somedirectory -type f -name "*.txt" \
    -exec sh -c 'zip "/someotherdirectory/$(basename {})".zip {}' \;

It will slow it down but it should work.

Thanks, I got it working using this