[WBEL-users] Linux Shell Scripting

[Pete Biggs]

> 
> Here is what I use:-
> 
> $ find /home/andrew/ | grep '\.doc' | xargs mv --target-directory=/backup/
> 

You could try

    find /home/andrew -name '*.doc' -exec mv {} /backup \;

In good Unix tradition: many ways to do the same thing.