Miark wrote: >I would like to copy a single file to multiple directories >that are parallel to each other. I was thinking that I >could, for instance > > cp /original/file.txt /home/*/file.txt > >to get file.txt into everybody's home directory. But the >asterisk isn't working. What's the correct way? Or can >this not be done? > >Miark > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > for i in `ls /home/`; do cp /original/file.txt /home/${i}/file.txt ; done
Of course, tis more useful if you make a script file so "original" and "file" can be $1 and $2... And it would be even better if it were stored in /usr/sbin cause you will need to be root to make this work anyway. Civileme Civileme
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