Copying files from different directory to common d

Question

I have many directories which contain .c files. I want to copy all .c files in different directories to single directory using shell script.

Answer 1

find -name '*.c' -exec cp -t /tmp {} +

• start will all items in current directory (recursive)
• take items with name ending .c
• copy those items to /tmp

If you want to avoid conflicts you can add this

find -name '*.c' -exec cp --parents -t /tmp {} +

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