for testing
script creating fromfolder with example problem files and tofolder
 {{{
mkdir 000test && cd 000test && mkdir 1 2 && cd 1/ && touch "01 23" a.jpg b.jpg C.jpg d.jPg e.ogg f f.jpg g G.jPg && cd ..
}}}
best method from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_%28Unix%29#Examples
 {{{
find . -exec touch {} \;
}}}
This method is relatively slow. The faster method will be:
 {{{
find . | xargs touch
}}}
If the file names or subdirectory names contain spaces, the following should be used:
 {{{
find . -print0 | xargs -0 touch
}}}
therefore last way is best only how then to make uperlower case include/exclude

also examples from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find#Execute_an_action shows the same info




= To copy =
 * If many empty subdirectories and some has files then copy all files exept folders to other folder
 {{{
cd /problemfolder/
find . -type f -print0 | xargs -I{} -0 cp {} ~/ForexampleDesktop/solutionfolder
}}}
 or simpler
 {{{
find ProbleMFoldeRNamE -type f -exec cp {} solutionfolder/ \;
}}}
 * To find all specific type files and copy them without folders to one folder use (this has problem with uperLOWER filetypenames)
 {{{
find ~/FromPicturesFolderName -name "*.jpg" -exec cp \{\} ~/ToAll_Pictures/ \;
}}}
 or using commands in variables (this has problem with space names and uperLOWER filetypenames
 {{{
for file in $(find ProbleMFoldeRNamE -name *.jPg);do cp ${file} solutionfolder/; done
}}}
  * P.S. insted of copy to move use instead of cp use mv
  * P.S.2. and i hope this made some more idea of posibilities and that theese examples made u more understanding theese commands.


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