Copying a set of files whose filenames match a regular expression

Copying a set of files whose filenames match a regular expression

[Nordlöw]

Hey again, Emacs Lovers.

How do I copy/move a set of files matching a regular expression from
one directory to another? It seems like copy/move-file() takes only
one file at a time.


Thanks in advance,
Per Nordlöw

Re: Copying a set of files whose filenames match a regular expression

[Tim X]

Nordlöw <per.nordlow@gmail.com> writes:

> Hey again, Emacs Lovers.
>
> How do I copy/move a set of files matching a regular expression from
> one directory to another? It seems like copy/move-file() takes only
> one file at a time.
>
>

dired provides this capability. You can move/copy files based on a regexp. 

Tim

-- 
tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au

RE: Copying a set of files whose filenames match a regular expression

[Drew Adams]

> How do I copy/move a set of files matching a regular expression from
> one directory to another?

In Dired: `%m' to mark files matching a regexp, then `C' to copy the marked
files.

Re: Copying a set of files whose filenames match a regular expression

[james]

On Apr 24, 5:50 am, Nordlöw <per.nord...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey again, Emacs Lovers.
>
> How do I copy/move a set of files matching a regular expression from
> one directory to another? It seems like copy/move-file() takes only
> one file at a time.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Per Nordlöw

%m (dired-mark-files-regexp)

then

R (dired-do-rename)

You can get a list of all the dired bindings by C-h m in a dired buffer