[oclug]an actual linux question ;-)

[gabriel]

i have a bunch of files in a directory that are, in turn separated into 
subdirectories:

x-+
  +-a-+
  |   +-1.gif
  |   +-2.gif
  |   +-3.gif
  |
  +-b-+
  |   +-4.gif
  |   +-5.gif
  |   +-6.gif
  |
  +-c-+
      +-7.gif
      +-8.gif
      +-9.gif

anyone know of a bash on liner to copy all those gifs to another directory 
WITHOUT their directory structure?  i've been experimenting with find & xargs 
but i haven't been able to get it to work yet...

thanks


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