Re: Copy *.pdf to

On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 21:09:05 +1100
Fog_Watch <db5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I can use the plugin to find *.pdf, but I don't know how to copy them.
> I don't want to "<ctrl> click" through a big list of miscellaneous
> files I just want to do the equivalent of "cp /tmp/*.pdf ."  How do I
> copy a heap of files, say, according to suffix?
> 
> Regards

Fog_Watch, I'm assuming from your example that you mean all such files in a 
single directory. More than that is a bit hard.

Several things you can do to select the files before copying:

 * sort the file list for the directory by extension (<Ctr>click on the 
name-column header) and then select them all normally
 * Use the glob plugin to select files *.pdf
 * Apply a name filter (via the relevant toolbar button) to show only files 
*.pdf (that's effectively the same as globbing, but a bit more permanent) and 
then select them all.

Regards
Tom


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