’Argument list too long’ error while copying a large number of files

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find public_html/images/uploads/ -name "*.*" -exec cp -uf "{}" /home/[root]/domains/new.folder.com/public_html/uploads/images/ \;

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https://serverfault.com/questions/56068/argument-list-too-long-error-while-copying-a-large-number-of-files

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