PS:
> I wrote:
>> Hi Steve :)
>>
>> perhaps this can be useful, if we send it to the list, I'll send it
>> to the list and send it bcc to you, because I don't think that this
>> is OT.
>>
>> Steve [snip] wrote:
>>>> 'cp -a *' will copy the '/mainfolder', '/a_folder_in_the_main_folder'
>>>> and '.a_hidden_file_in_the_folder_that_is_in_the_main_folder', but it
>>>> won't copy '.a_hidden_file_in_the_main_folder.txt'
>>>>
>>>
>>> Try
>>>
>>> cp -a .
spinymouse-s...@64studio:~$ mkdir ~/.mozilla/firefox/--TEST--.#2
spinymouse-s...@64studio:~$ cd ~/.mozilla/firefox/3ehxz5yh.default
spinymouse-s...@64studio:~/.mozilla/firefox/3ehxz5yh.default$ cp -a .
~/.mozilla/firefox/--TEST--.#2
spinymouse-s...@64studio:~/.mozilla/firefox/3ehxz5yh.default$ ls -al
~/.mozilla/firefox/--TEST--.#2
[snip]
Seems to be fine too ;).
Thanx
>>>
>>> Does this have the result you expect?
>>>
>>> The difference has nothing to do with the behaviour of cp. Think, what
>>> does the * expand to in your shell? Try
>>>
>>> echo *
>>>
>>> and compare
>>>
>>> ls -a *
>>> ls -a .
>>>
>>> If you expect the shell to do one thing, and it does another, it is
>>> possible you have misunderstood how it works.
>>>
>>
>> For me it's plausible to use
>>
>> ls -a
>>
>> without * or . and yes, I misunderstood how the wildcard * works,
>> even if it worked the way I was using it with Linux since years.
>>
>> I googled for 'wildcards linux' maybe I should use
>>
>> {*,.[!.]*}
>>
>> instead of
>>
>> *
>>
>> in the future ;), even if * will work in nearly every case.
>>
>> It's not plausible for me, anyhow I'll read the German link about
>> {*,.[!.]*} and wildcards in the future.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ralf
>>
>> A German link about globbing:
>> http://linuxseiten.kg-it.de/index.php?index=bash_globbing#bash_globbing
>
> The blame is on me ...
>
> spinymouse-s...@64studio:~$ mkdir ~/.mozilla/firefox/--TEST--.#2
> spinymouse-s...@64studio:~$ cd ~/.mozilla/firefox/3ehxz5yh.default
> spinymouse-s...@64studio:~/.mozilla/firefox/3ehxz5yh.default$ cp -a
> {*,.[!.]*} ~/.mozilla/firefox/--TEST--.#2
> spinymouse-s...@64studio:~/.mozilla/firefox/3ehxz5yh.default$ ls -al
> ~/.mozilla/firefox/--TEST--.#2
> [snip]
> -rw-r--r-- 1 spinymouse-sudo spinymouse-sudo 0 2009-05-01 12:07
> .parentlock
> [snip]
>
> I should read the link I googled and I maybe should use {*,.[!.]*}
> instead of * in the future.
>
> I guess I'm not the only one who misunderstood the function of the
> wildcard *.
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