#!/usr/bin/env bash src_user="gabi" src_dir="/home/$src_user" dest_user="tikaiz" dest_dir="/home/$dest_user/Videos" file_ext=".mkv" echo "collecting files with extension $file_ext from $src_dir to $dest_dir" echo "Running with sudo" sudo -k sudo find "$src_dir" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "*$file_ext" -not -name '.*' -execdir sh -c ' echo "processing file: $1" mv "$1" "$2" ' sh '{}' "$dest_dir" ';' if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo "successfully collected files!" else echo "error while collecting files!" fi