[Gllug] cp real files but not links

[David Damerell]

On Wednesday, 25 Feb 2009, David L Neil Mailing list a/c wrote:
>Is it possible to copy a directory's contents (and sub-directories) to a
>new location, but only the 'real files' and not any symlinks?

You could do a "find -type l" after the copy. Remember to do something
like "find -print0 ... |xargs -0" to avoid tripping up on baroque
filenames.

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