Copy files with extension and exclude by filename

Question

I'm trying to port the following robocopy command to Linux:

robocopy SrcDir DstDir *.dll *.pdb *.xml /xf Unity*.* nunit*.*

In other words, I want to:

• Include all dll, pdb and xml files
• Unless they start with Unity or nunit

I've read the following two threads, but can't figure the exact syntax:

• Copy all files with a certain extension from all subdirectories
• How to use 'cp' command to exclude a specific directory?

My best guess so far would be:

• Enable shopt -s extglob
• Go to the source directory cd SrcDir
• Use this command: cp ((*.dll | *.pdb | *.xml) && !(Unity*.* | nunit*.*)) DstDir

But I get syntax errors inside my conditional expression, starting at *.dll.

Answer 1

You may use this command using extglob:

shopt -s extglob nullglob dotglob
cd "$srcDir"

cp !(@(Unity|nunit)).{dll,pdp,xml} "$dstDir"

Answer 2

according to below link :

BASH copy all files except one

you can use below command :

find [YOUR_SOURCE_ADDRESS] \( -iname \*.dll -o -iname \*.pdb -o -iname \*.xml \) ! \(-name "Unity*" -o -name "nunit*" \) -exec cp -t [YOUR_DEST_ADDRESS] {} +

you can change [YOUR_SOURCE_ADDRESS] and [YOUR_DEST_ADDRESS] (with your serach address and destination address for copy)