[Centos] How to cp a file to every subdirectory

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Michael Best wrote:
> Mike Kercher wrote:
>> I need to copy a file (or actually a symlink) to every subdirectory
>> on a path. 
>> 
>> I know that cp -s will do the copy I want, but how can I get it to go
>> into every subdirectory?  I've tried different iterations of ls to
>> get a listing of directories only (recursively) without success.
>> 
>> TIA
>> 
>> Mike
> 
> find <directory> -type d -exec echo cp <file> "{}" \;
> 
> Remove the echo to do it for real.
> 
> -Mike

Thanks Mike and Donovan.  That worked like a champ!  I didn't even think of
using find!

Mike




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