It copies all files/directories starting with . that have more than 2 more
characters in their names. I have used it on about 4 different unices, in
csh, bash, and zsh... Far as I know, it will work every time.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Mead [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 3:10 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Copying hidden files with cp
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> Does that always work? I learnt to type something like .[a-z]* on Solaris
>
> (or SunOS, it was a while back).
>
> -Alan
>
> At 12:55 PM 7/7/00 , you wrote:
> >cp .??*
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Brian Wright [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 12:33 PM
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> > > Subject: Copying hidden files with cp
> > >
> > > Hi, list!
> > >
> > > Is there a quick and dirty way to copy all hidden files with cp? I
> tried
> > > using cp .* but that also gets ..
> > >
> > > I would do cp .a* .b* ... .z* but that would be a pain to type. :)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Brian
> > >
> > >
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