A script to pull data from old HDDs

copyfiles.sh

#!/bin/bash
echo Making Directories

mkdir -p ~/backup/docs
mkdir -p ~/backup/pictures
mkdir -p ~/backup/music
mkdir -p ~/backup/movies

echo Copying images ...

find . -iname *.jpg -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} cp -a {} ~/backup/images/
find . -iname *.jpeg -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} cp -a {} ~/backup/images/
find . -iname *.gif -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} cp -a {} ~/backup/images/
find . -iname *.png -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} cp -a {} ~/backup/images/

echo Copying files ...

find . -iname *.doc* -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} cp -a {} ~/backup/docs/
find . -iname *.xls* -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} cp -a {} ~/backup/docs/
find . -iname *.ppt* -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} cp -a {} ~/backup/docs/
find . -iname *.rtf -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} cp -a {} ~/backup/docs/
find . -iname *.pdf -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} cp -a {} ~/backup/docs/
find . -iname *.txt -print0 | xargs -I{} cp -a {} ~/backup/docs/
find . -iname *.bat -print0 | xargs -I{} cp -a {} ~/backup/docs/
find . -iname *.reg -print0 | xargs -I{} cp -a {} ~/backup/docs/

echo Copying music ...

find . -iname *.mp3 -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} cp -a {} ~/backup/music/
find . -iname *.ogg -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} cp -a {} ~/backup/music/

echo Copying movies ...

find . -iname *.3gp -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} cp -a {} ~/backup/movies/
find . -iname *.mp4 -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} cp -a {} ~/backup/movies/
find . -iname *.wmv -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} cp -a {} ~/backup/movies/
find . -iname *.mov -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} cp -a {} ~/backup/movies/
find . -iname *.mpeg -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} cp -a {} ~/backup/movies/
find . -iname *.mpg -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} cp -a {} ~/backup/movies/

echo Done.