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# example 1
find / -iname “*.mp3” -exec mv {} /mnt/mp3 \; # find all *.mp3 files and move them to /mnt/mp3

# example 2 – will preserve directory structure
find /where/from -name *.mp3 | cpio -pd /where/to

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