On Mon, 13 Jul 2009, Sourav Chakraborty wrote:
Cp -r does not work if wild card entries are specified. Basically, it copies all files, and ignores the wildcard entries.
cp doesn't know about wildcards; they are a shell construct. Please see the FAQ at http://tinyurl.com/59ovg
cp -r /directory/you/want/to/copy/from/*.ext /new/destination copies all files to destination instead of only *.ext files. I think this is a serious bug and should be remedied immediately.
The -r flag isn't necessary here, assuming all *.ext filenames refer to actual files, not directories.
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