How to find files and then move to a different directory
How to find files older than 1 day and move to different location for backup
#!/bin/bash
for file in `find /home/test_copy/from_dir -mtime +2`
do
cp $file /home/test_copy/to_dir
done
#./copy_script1.sh {all files from from_dir copied to to_dir directory, criteria being older than 2 days. The directory from_dir was not copied as shown below in the output of the script}
cp: omitting directory `/home/test_copy/from_dir/'
#!/bin/bash
for file in `find /home/test_copy/from_dir -mtime +2`
do
cp $file /home/test_copy/to_dir
done
#./copy_script1.sh {all files from from_dir copied to to_dir directory, criteria being older than 2 days. The directory from_dir was not copied as shown below in the output of the script}
cp: omitting directory `/home/test_copy/from_dir/'
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