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Linux: how to copy a file with a certain name pattern for which the exact place in the complex directory-structure is unknown

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I want to copy all files with the name XYZ* into one folder. The problem is that the files are in different subfolders and that not even the depth of the folder structure is the same for all files. Luckily, at least each file has a unique name. Of course, I thought about the cp command but I guess ā€¦

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Fix for: Linux: how to copy a file with a certain name pattern for which the exact place in the complex directory-structure is unknown

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If you want to avoid starting many separate processes (as using may do) using bash (and don't have zsh for its ** form) you can do a single cp as follows: The $(...) form is a posix version of back-tick-quoted process substitution. Following is an eā€¦

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