* This one time, at band camp, Bernhard L?der said:
> Hi,
> 
> I am just after a hint.
> 
> I have to copy a file to all user directories.
> 
> cp file.file /home/*
> 
> will only copy file.file to the first user not all users. How would I do
> this without listing the individual directories
> 
try this (should work in bash - you didn't state which shell you were
using)

for I in /home/*
do
    cp file.file $I
done


Indentation is optional - just helps readability

HTH

Greeno
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