Bash script to copy files from one folder to another

Question

I have a folder, A, that contains around 100 subfolders, Asub1,Asub2, etc. I am trying to go into each Asub folder, and copy two files back to the A folder. I have the following code:

for D in `find . -type d`
do
    cd $D
    cp log_* ../
    cp *.pdf ../
    cd ../
done

However this result in the following error for each sub folder:

cp: cannot stat `log_*': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `*.pdf': No such file or directory

Could someone please tell me where I am going wrong in my code?

a simpler way is to cd into A folder (cd A) and then do cp ./*/log_* ./*/*.pdf . — riteshtch
– riteshtch, Commented Apr 27, 2016 at 12:56
@IcedCoffee then please select the person's answer as the correct one. it will show that no one else needs to help. — SaintHax
– SaintHax, Commented Apr 27, 2016 at 13:19

John Kugelman · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-27 13:08:07Z

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A simpler way is to cd into A folder (cd A) and then do:

cp */log_* */*.pdf .

edited Apr 27, 2016 at 13:08

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answered Apr 27, 2016 at 13:00

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