At Friday 11 June 2010, Peng Yu wrote: > I'm trying to cp -MM to -M. But so far I don't have a way to do it. > Would you please let me know what is the correct way to cp from -MM > to -M? > > $ cp -r -- -MM/ -- -M The first `--' stops option processing, and so the second `--' is interpreted like a file path, not like an option. > cp: target `-M' is not a directory > $ ll -go > total 0 > drwx------ 2 64 2010-06-11 14:35 -MM > Simply use: $ cp -r -- -MM/ -M or: $ cp -r ./-MM/ ./-M
Stefano
