如何将文件从 linux 目录复制到另一个给定长度参数

Question

I have no knowledge of linux commands but I am currently trying to copy all files with a length of 11 (not including extension) from one directory to another.

I am trying to files from a directory called "~cs/pub" to my home directory "~"

I have found online things like find and grep but cannot find any issues similar enough to mine for me to be able to figure out what to do.

Any information helps. I have seen a lot of posts about copying files based on other requirements like date made or contains a certain character but those wont help as I don't understand linux well enough yet

Answer 1

tldr; test the regex

$ ls | grep -E ^.{11}$

If those are the files use the regex to copy them

$ ls | grep -E ^.{11}$ | xargs cp -t /MY_PATH

For a more detailed review

$ ls

list the files

$ grep -E ^.{11}$

is a regex on the the file name. It requires the file have 11 charters (of any type)

$ xargs cp -t /MY_PATH

Will re write the matching paths to the follow form cp -t /MY_PATH (matching files).

And that is all it takes.