Copy all files matching pattern from dir and subdirs into a single dir

If I wanted to copy all *.so files from src to dst I'd do:

cp src/*.so dst

However, I want to copy all *.so files from src and it's subdirs into dst. Any clues?

Solution 1:

Try:

find src/ -type f | grep -i so$ | xargs -i cp {} dst

Solution 2:

If you're using Bash, you can turn on the globstar shell option to match files and directories recursively:

shopt -s globstar
cp src/**/*.so dst

If you need to find files whose names begin with ., and/or files in and under directories whose names begin with ., set the dotglob option also (e.g., with shopt -s dotglob).  You can set them both in one command:

shopt -s globstar dotglob