On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 16:48 -0400, Michael Shell wrote: > I also have often wanted cp to be able to do something > like: > > cp *.txt *.tex > > to make copies of all .txt files with the same name, but ending with > .tex. That is, I'd like cp to have some or all of the functionality > of the "to" option of rename.
Yeah, the rename command is kind of nice there. Even so, I usually don't remember it, and just resort to using shell scripting commands - it might not be so efficient, but to an experienced shell user it's almost automatic to do things that way. > Another Unix "feature" that always bugged me is that the -d option > > ls -d * > > is needed to prevent ls from descending into subdirectories. The > default behavior of ls, IMHO, is just sick. (Who the heck is > responsible for that one?) Really? It's always seemed perfectly sensible to me - if I run ls with a directory parameter, it ought to provide a listing of that directory. Other people's usage patterns may vary, but in 90% of cases, listing the given directory is exactly what I want. Simon.
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