BleepingComputer.com: Copy a File to Root of all Directories in a Directory Tree

Hello

Does Linux (Specifically, Debian) provide an easy way to copy a file to the root of all directories in a folder path? I've got a script for my webserver that shows a pretty directory listing. Example -> http://billy-oneal.com/forums/

I've got a ton of folders to place that script in. Is there an easy way of doing that?

Billy3

You could try this from the shell:

for i in `ls -R`; do echo $i; if [ -d $i ]; then echo "copying to $i"; cp myscript.sh $i; echo "copy was a success"; fi; done

where myscript.sh is your script.

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Thank you Andrew You're Amazing

Billy3

Okay, I tested it and the above does NOT work correctly. It will only copy to the first level of subdirectories. Execute this command form the root directory of your tree:

find . -type d -exec cp myscript.sh {} \;

Where myscript.sh is the file being copied.

WARNING: This will overwrite any file named myscript.sh that already exists in a directory without warning!

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Anatomy of the command:

find - obviously, the find command finds stuff
. - in Linux, the . character represents the current directory. So, we're saying "find in the current directory".
-type d - Type of file is directory, that is "Find all directories in the current directory."
-exec - execute the following on the results of the search
cp - the copy command
myscript.sh - the file to be copied.

So, the command reads:

Find all directories within the current directory and copy the file called myscript.sh into them.