[bash] Copy all files with a certain extension from all subdirectories

From all of the above, I came up with this version. This version also works for me in the mac recovery terminal.

find ./ -name '*.xsl' -exec cp -prv '{}' '/path/to/targetDir/' ';'

It will look in the current directory and recursively in all of the sub directories for files with the xsl extension. It will copy them all to the target directory.

cp flags are:

  • p - preserve attributes of the file
  • r - recursive
  • v - verbose (shows you whats being copied)

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