some variation of this will probably work:
find . *.* -exec [!exists xyzzy/{}] && cp {} xyzzy ;
-David Schwartz
> On Jul 5, 2025, at 8:42 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss
> <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
> Simple question: How does one copy all files except those exiting already?
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