Find all files matching desription and create hard link in directory

Question

I would like to find all .mkv files in my download directory and create a hard link to them in my /movies/ directory.

Here’s what I have so far:

for i in `find /download/ -name *.mkv`; do ln "$i" /movies/; done

Which almost works: I receive a bunch of hard links to partial file names. That is, instead of a hard link to say The Best Movie Ever.mkv I receive four hard links, one to The one to Best one to Movie and one to Ever.mkv

Any suggestions?

Look at this answer. It’s about renaming misnamed files, but the core `find` logic should work for you. http://superuser.com/a/847795/167207 — Giacomo1968, Dec 07 '14 at 08:11

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 07 '14 at 08:07

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Try this way:

find /download/ -name *.mkv -exec ln {} /movies/ \;

answered Dec 07 '14 at 08:07

jherran

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Sweet. It works. I was so close at one point, I had this answer except for the last '\' Thanks – curios Dec 07 '14 at 08:34
Man page says you have to escape the ';' so bash doesn't interpret it – curios Dec 07 '14 at 08:36

Find all files matching desription and create hard link in directory

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