Find command can be used to copy move or delete files as we need.
>find -name "*.mp3" -exec cp {} /path/to/folder \;
This command will move all your files to a particular /path/to/folder .
Similarly you can move or delete files.
>find -name "*.mp3" -exec cp {} /path/to/USB \;
>find -name '*.mp3' -exec rm {} \;
Find files using the ownership parameter.
>
find /path/to/folder -user -name “*.doc”
Direct the output of find command to a file.
>
find / -name "*.mp3" > record.txt
This command will save the paths of all mp3 files in a txt file, record.txt.
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