linux how to move listed files?

Question

I tried to redirect the result in a directory but it won't let me do it. What am I doing wrong ?

find Documents/ -type f -regextype posix-egrep -regex ".+\.(doc|err|out)$" > Poubelle/

bash: Poubelle/: Is a directory

What I'm trying to do is move the listed files in Poubelle.
Thank you in advance

What do you want to achiev? The output of find is a list of files, which can be only redirected to a file. If you want to copy the results, you don't need redirection. — Ocaso Protal, Oct 01 '19 at 08:27
Possible duplicate of [Find and copy files](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5241625/find-and-copy-files) or https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17368872/how-to-move-or-copy-files-listed-by-find-command-in-unix or .... — Ocaso Protal, Oct 01 '19 at 08:27
If you're trying to copy or move all the files that `find` lists, you need to use `-exec cp` or `-exec mv`. You might also want to look into using the `rsync` command. — Barmar, Oct 01 '19 at 08:30

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 01 '19 at 08:39

Like @Barmar said in the comments you need to use exec command with mv and cp.

you can try using below command :

Moving files to Dir :

find Documents/ -type f -regextype posix-egrep -regex ".+\.(doc|err|out)$" -exec mv {} Poubelle/ \;

Copying files to Dir :

find Documents/ -type f -regextype posix-egrep -regex ".+\.(doc|err|out)$" -exec cp {} Poubelle/ \;

And you can also use rsync. A simpler form is :

rsync source destination

For other options read here.

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