On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 9:40 AM, Zenaan Harkness z...@freedbms.net wrote:
BTW, with GNU ls, -r is the same as -R, but doesn't require pressing Shift
:)
What do you mean by GNU ls? The ls provided by coreutils?
If it is, then -r mean reverse the sort order and -R means
recurse through
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On 2014-01-30 01:51, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
On 1/30/14, Felix C. Stegerman f...@obfusk.org wrote:
On 2014-01-29 10:43, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote:
And then: $ cd ~/bar rm `find -name '.*'`
Find is indeed very useful, but that's
Le 26.01.2014 15:26, Lisi Reisz a écrit :
I am wanting to use the CLI to copy some files from dirA to dirB. I
want to exclude all hidden files. Will this command achieve it? :--
cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B
Thanks,
Lisi
Just a note, too late but it could help
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On 2014-01-29 10:43, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote:
Le 26.01.2014 15:26, Lisi Reisz a écrit :
I am wanting to use the CLI to copy some files from dirA to dirB.
I want to exclude all hidden files. Will this command achieve
it? :--
On 1/30/14, Felix C. Stegerman f...@obfusk.org wrote:
On 2014-01-29 10:43, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote:
And then: $ cd ~/bar rm `find -name '.*'`
Find is indeed very useful, but that's probably a bad idea. You'll
get into trouble with filenames containing spaces for example.
If
On 27/01/2014 3:05 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
* The --dry-run option will show you what the command will do
As I said to Zenaan, it is obviously time for me to bite the bullet of
rsync. It seems a significantly better tool for the purpose than cp.
Don't be scared of rsync, it works a great deal
On 28/01/14 13:22, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
On 27/01/2014 3:05 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
* The --dry-run option will show you what the command will do
As I said to Zenaan, it is obviously time for me to bite the bullet of
rsync. It seems a significantly better tool for the purpose than cp.
Don't
I am wanting to use the CLI to copy some files from dirA to dirB. I
want to exclude all hidden files. Will this command achieve it? :--
cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B
Thanks,
Lisi
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On 1/27/14, Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote:
I am wanting to use the CLI to copy some files from dirA to dirB. I
want to exclude all hidden files. Will this command achieve it? :--
cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B
BTW, with GNU ls, -r is the same as -R, but
On 1/27/14, Zenaan Harkness z...@freedbms.net wrote:
On 1/27/14, Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote:
I am wanting to use the CLI to copy some files from dirA to dirB. I
want to exclude all hidden files. Will this command achieve it? :--
cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/*
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On 2014-01-26 15:26, Lisi Reisz wrote:
I am wanting to use the CLI to copy some files from dirA to dirB.
I want to exclude all hidden files. Will this command achieve it?
:--
cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B
Not quite.
On Sunday 26 January 2014 14:40:26 Zenaan Harkness wrote:
Your command will exclude files and dirs beginning with period
('.'), in the directory /path/to/sourcedir/A/
but not hidden files in subdirectories (I note your -R/-r
option). If you really are only copying files, then -r is not
On Sunday 26 January 2014 14:49:31 Felix C. Stegerman wrote:
On 2014-01-26 15:26, Lisi Reisz wrote:
I am wanting to use the CLI to copy some files from dirA to dirB.
I want to exclude all hidden files. Will this command achieve
it?
:--
cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/*
Sorry for sending this off-list, Gord. Resending to where it ought to
have gone in the first place.
On Sunday 26 January 2014 15:09:10 ghaverla wrote:
Your requirement (to skip hidden files and directories) is what is
usually required.
But, as a generic rule, you can use the echo command to
On Sun, 2014-01-26 at 14:26 +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
I am wanting to use the CLI to copy some files from dirA to dirB. I
want to exclude all hidden files. Will this command achieve it? :--
cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B
Globbing lady! Yesno, it won't copy hidden
On Sun 26 Jan 2014 at 16:05:52 +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
As I said to Zenaan, it is obviously time for me to bite the bullet of
rsync. It seems a significantly better tool for the purpose than cp.
The Midnight Commander (mc) is worth considerating for the sort of job
you described. See 'File
On Sunday 26 January 2014 16:53:17 Brian wrote:
On Sun 26 Jan 2014 at 16:05:52 +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
As I said to Zenaan, it is obviously time for me to bite the
bullet of rsync. It seems a significantly better tool for the
purpose than cp.
The Midnight Commander (mc) is worth
On Sun, 1/26/14, Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote:
Subject: Re: Help with command - cp
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 10:05 AM
As I said to Zenaan, it is obviously time for me to bite the bullet of
rsync
* Felix C. Stegerman wrote on 2014-01-26 at 15:49 (+0100):
On 2014-01-26 15:26, Lisi Reisz wrote:
I am wanting to use the CLI to copy some files from dirA to
dirB. I want to exclude all hidden files. Will this command
achieve it?
I prefer using rsync instead:
$ rsync --dry-run -av
On 26/01/14 14:26, Lisi Reisz wrote:
I am wanting to use the CLI to copy some files from dirA to dirB. I
want to exclude all hidden files. Will this command achieve it? :--
cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B
Thanks,
Lisi
If you don't put a / after B it will copy all
* Mr Smiley wrote on 2014-01-26 at 20:56 (+):
cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B
If you don't put a / after B it will copy all files to a file
called B
No, obviously not.
$ mkdir src
$ echo foo src/file1
$ echo bar src/file2
$ echo baz
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On 2014-01-26 21:48, Mathias Bauer wrote:
* Felix C. Stegerman wrote on 2014-01-26 at 15:49 (+0100):
On 2014-01-26 15:26, Lisi Reisz wrote:
I am wanting to use the CLI to copy some files from dirA to
dirB. I want to exclude all hidden files.
On Sunday 26 January 2014 14:26:18 Lisi Reisz wrote:
I am wanting to use the CLI to copy some files from dirA to dirB.
I want to exclude all hidden files. Will this command achieve it?
:--
cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B
I have been away from my computer for a
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On 2014-01-26 23:24, Mathias Bauer wrote:
* Mr Smiley wrote on 2014-01-26 at 20:56 (+):
cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B
If you don't put a / after B it will copy all files to a file
called B
No, obviously not.
On 1/27/14, Go Linux goli...@yahoo.com wrote:
On Sun, 1/26/14, Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote:
As I said to Zenaan, it is obviously time for me to bite the bullet of
rsync. It seems a significantly better tool for the purpose than cp.
Maybe you'd find grsync gui less intimidating
On 1/27/14, Mathias Bauer mba...@gmx.org wrote:
* Mr Smiley wrote on 2014-01-26 at 20:56 (+):
cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B
If you don't put a / after B it will copy all files to a file
called B
No, obviously not.
true
So your above
cp -Rp
On Sun, 1/26/14, Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote:
As I said to Zenaan, it is obviously time for me to bite the bullet of
rsync. It seems a significantly better tool for the purpose than cp.
Some time ago I was using cp for bulk file copying, but was having
some issues with
* Felix C. Stegerman wrote on 2014-01-26 at 23:58 (+0100):
On 2014-01-26 23:24, Mathias Bauer wrote:
* Mr Smiley wrote on 2014-01-26 at 20:56 (+):
cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B
If you don't put a / after B it will copy all files to a
file called B
On 1/27/14, Mathias Bauer mba...@gmx.org wrote:
* Felix C. Stegerman wrote on 2014-01-26 at 23:58 (+0100):
On 2014-01-26 23:24, Mathias Bauer wrote:
* Mr Smiley wrote on 2014-01-26 at 20:56 (+):
cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B
If you don't put a / after
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On 2014-01-27 02:04, Mathias Bauer wrote:
* Felix C. Stegerman wrote on 2014-01-26 at 23:58 (+0100):
On 2014-01-26 23:24, Mathias Bauer wrote:
* Mr Smiley wrote on 2014-01-26 at 20:56 (+):
cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/*
On Sun, 2014-01-26 at 23:24 +0100, Mathias Bauer wrote:
If the target directory *exists* the trailing slash will *not* be
necessary
On Mon, 2014-01-27 at 12:44 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
and yet there is the advantage of training the fingers
Using the tab-key a / is automatically attached.
Your requirement (to skip hidden files and directories) is what is
usually required.
But, as a generic rule, you can use the echo command to help with
analysing how the command line shell might expand a wild card.
echo cp /path/to/src/* /path/to/dest some_tmp_file
If I do this on my home
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