Error while running bash script that moves files

garage_greg

I am new to bash script and want to create bash script that moves some days old files between source and destination as per days defined in script. When I run this script I get error find: paths must precede expression: mv Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [-Olevel] [-D help|tree|search|stat|rates|opt|exec] [path...] [expression] #!/bin/bash echo "Enter Your Source Directory" read soure echo "Enter Your Destination Directory" read destination echo...

Originally asked by KK Patel on Stack Exchange (askubuntu) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

I'm sure you've already come across them already, but the two best places to begin with learning bash scripting are the Bash Guide for Beginners and the Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide . If you haven't seen these two resources yet, I would highly recommend bookmarking them if you're looking to do further bash scripting. Removed portion regarding flow control due to edit in question. The find command needs -exec before the command or else it won't know that mv is actually a command you're attempting to execute on the files. Also, the {} in the find is used to refer to the results of the find command, thus you won't need $source as part of the find. The find command would probably look more...

Full answer by Jonathan Heady: https://askubuntu.stackexchange.com/a/230969 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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